The QC Lictor - April, 1954

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Tuesday, A pril 6, 1954

B . . B. DOPE 1954 Q.C. VIC.T OR Sir James Expe rts Visit B.G. LUDORUM Robe1·tson's Visit On the eve of his departure from the colony, Sir James Robertson kindly consented to take time off .from his officail engagements and pay the school a visit. It will be recalled that Sir James recently retired from his post as Chief Secretary of the Sudan. He was appointed Chairman of the threeman Commission which was sent out by the Colonial Office to report and recommend changes in the Constitution.

Sir James gave a brief lecture on the history of the Sudan down to its present Constitution.

He pointed out, in passing, that the Sudan has an area of approximately 1,000,000 square miles, and is inhabited by some nine million people, most of them concentrated in oases far and widely separated.

He then touched on the working of the Government and the Englishman's position in that country, pointing out that the Governor there was more of a Prime Minister than our local Governors.

He pointed out that the social as well as political bias was bound up, more or less, with the issue between two main religious castes - the Mahadists and the Umahs-the former seeking independence for the Sudan, and the other a coalition with Egypt. At this point Mr. N. E. Cameron asked whether the Sudan had a port of its own if. it wtre to be entirely independent of Egypt. Sir James replied in th.e affirmative; and he went on to explain briefly· what was the real cause of the situation which resulted in the recent riots in Khartoum.

After a few more incidental questions by Masters and boys, Sir James had to hurry off to another engagement.

-C.J. (U6C) .

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Off to the CoDgl'llts - Picture shows 8. B. Hope of "Weston House" receMng the SenJor Championship Cup from the Chief Secretary, the Hon. John Gotch, C.M.G•• 0 .8.E. In the centre is Mr. V. J. Sanger-Davies. Principal of Queen's College.

In beautiful sunshine the Queen's College Annual Athletic Sports got under way at 12.30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, on the Geoqjetown Cricket Club, Bourda. Amon'g the large crowd that witnessed the sports were the Honourable and Mrs. John Gutcb, parents and friends of Q.C. students, members of the Board of Governors, Masters' wives, and other special guests.

Throughout the day the rivalry in an divisions wa!: keen, but especially in the under 15 division in which the onlv record of the day was broken. Three other records were equalled in this same division. In the events run off before Sports Day, one record was

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Jtlr. Barelaelor Goes Q.C. has suffered yet another Joss with the recent departure of Mr. R. W. Batchelor for Scotland.

Returning to help his Alma Mater, within a matter of weeks of his arrival he was able to make hi~ presence felt amongst us. Our hudding young artists were given an unlimited scope for developing their talent as can be seen from our exhibition in the library. His 1:1ltimate aim wa!: the formation of an Art Society but Mr. Batche101 , much to his regret, has failed in th is owing to bis short stay, and the many outdoor activities of the hoys.

In September last Mr. Batchelor started an experimental Sixth Form Art Class, in which he told the students that Art was not a subject · to be neglected or treated only for examination purposes, but was one which can afford great pleasure to it, devotees. He would not term this experiment a failure as quite a number of students began to enjoy the pleasures of Art. Jn sport Mr. Bl1tchelor will be remembered chiefly for his contribution to Table Tennis. He organised Junior and Senior

During the past few months experts sent by the Colonial Office, F.O.A. and UNESCO have been visiting the colony.

These men specialising in the fields of housing, social security. taxation technology and education are here to help us with the twoyear, forty million dollar developmental plan. They will study the existing conditions and provide advice on bow they can be corrected and improved, endeavouring to raise our standards to those of the rest of the civilised world.

Clearly they will be of great value to a country on the threshold of progress.

They can contribute much to our country if we pitch in and work with them. We must accept what we think is good in their proposals and reject those, which we think will be detrimental to our people For ultimately the future of our country will depend on us.

T.V.P. (L6C).

Championship Competitions which were successful. He was loud in his praise of the Juniors especially Tang. M, Nicholson J.A., Glasgow, Khan M.Y., Ibott and Odle P. When as\ced of the prospects of Phillips as Colony Champion, Mr. Batchelor said that be was a good player who needed to concentrate on attacking more constantly. In Cricket Mr. Batchelor represented the Masters in their great need in the match against the boys.

Tn conclusion he said that his great regret was bis inability to continue teaching as he really would like to have seen his work in about six yeari.' time. He sugoested that the <;chool should have "'an .

Art Library and someone to teach various aspects 'Of Art. He also saw no reason why our boys should not participate in Puhlic Exhibitions of Art. With his departure a prediction of the future of Art in Q.C. will pose a problem even for Cassandra. The Lictor Staff tenders its best wishes for a bright future to Mr. Batchelor.

broken, this too being in the under 15 division. .

The first recor~ .t? g~ was . m the under 15 d1v1s1on 10 which the only record of the day was broken.

Three other records were equalled, and ~~s.e were also in the unde; 15 d1v1S1on. In the events run off before Sport's Day, one record was also broken and again it was in the Under 15 division. .

The first record to go was m the long jump when R. A. Will?Ck of "A" House jumped 18ft. 2ms. to break the previous record of 17ft. Of in. held by J. I. F. Phillips (1948).

The other eclipsed was in the High Jump when D. O. Nile:; of "B" House cleared the bar al 5ft. 2%,ins. to break the previous record of 5ft.

1 Fns. established by R. B. Fields in 1953. In tbic; event Willock, "'\." House, and Langevine, "B" House, who tied for second place also broke the old record when they both jumped 5ft. 2ins.

Niles also equalled the 120 yards hurdles record ?f. 17 s~. which be now holds JOtDtly ·wtth J. P. Agard when he returned the same time as Agard did in 1939.

The other two records equalled w~re in the lOOyds. and 220 yds. flat races.

They were both equalled by T . E. Mathews of "C" House who returned the creditable time of 11 secs. for the 100

There were quite a few surprises during the day, notably in the One Mile Race wbea D. Mitchell of "D" House clearly led the field and was not caught until he was was at the tape where Hope . . awarded a dead heat with htm.

Another great surprise was the defeat of Jervis of "D" House in the Open division in which he was beaten into second place by Proctor of "F" House in the 100 yds. while be ran unplaced in the 220 yds.

At the end of the day's sport the Hon. J0 hn G utch· presented the prizes and when he had finished distributing the prizes he asked that the school be given a holiday.

Needless to say his request was granted.

The Champions in the respec. •. tive d1v1S1ons were:-

U.C.W.I. Mr. H. A. M. Beckles M.A. (Oxon), Deputy Principal of Q.C. has left the Colony to attend a U.C.W.I. conference in Jamaica. This conference will discuss the all-ro'1nd progress of the U.C.W.I. as well as financial problems and is the first of its kind to be held. Mr. Beckles and the other repr esentative of B.G., Captain Smellie, left the colony on April 1, and return on April 7 · The conferenc.e ~as due to take place on April · People in B.G. have been hearing more about the U.C.W.I. and the scope of its activities by m~ans of Radio Demerara. ~is will do much to acquamt Guianese with the activities of the College· and will encourage prospective 'students to enter the College instead of going elsewhere. . Also, it will throw much. hght on h~w proble.ms peculiar to the Caribbean region are being tackled by the people who actually live there.

J. Mc G. (UVIC.)

Open: - Hope B.B. Under 17:- Fields R.B. Under 15:R. A. Willock.

Under 13 : - Chesney.

The Stamp Club has just (G. Chung VB). passed its first anniversary which, in light of the brief histories of previous organisations of this type, is something of a record. Many of the present members were among those who attended the first meeting held in February, 1953.

The change of monarr.h last The success of the Co-opera- June was to the stamp collector, tive Society which Mr. Pilgrim a most important event. The formed last term must be truly coronation of King George VI in yds. to share the record with D. gratifying to his dear heart. The 1937 was commemorated by the A. Farnum (1929) and D. Cozier Society has indeed achieved its simultaneous release of a set of ( 1937) ; then later in the 220 yds. purpose in that the majority of stamps in each of the colonies be clocked 25t ~c-cs. to equal the the members are saving regu- and dominions. This practice . h h h Id · · tl larly--about five hundred dollars was used again in connection record whtc e now O 5 JOm Y wer e saved to date, bringing the with the coronation of Queen total s§vings up to seven hun- Elizabeth II except that the with N. C. Bacchus (1949).

As usual the sack race and the dred dollars. There has even colonial issues were confined to late-for-school race provided much been talk of investing money in one denomination while the entertainment and then the 220 ·useful enterprises; but ...,:these English and dominion issues vds. Old Boys' Race also added ide!is have ~ot )'.et haa the were in short sets. senous consideration of the There are two other considersome humour.. !he sack race was Committee. ations brought into force by a Th boys have not yet grasped new reign. In the British Comrun in two d1vmons-the under 11 division won by McDavid and the f undamentals of co-opera- monwealth it bas long been the the under 15 division in which tion but rather they think of the practice to show a small portrait N. Browman was victor. The society merely as .a s~cies of of the reigning ~o.narch on each .f _ h .,,. w won by p_enny bank. It ts, . however, stamp. Necessarily, a change ?f late or sc 001 ra.~ · as , right that these things start monarch causes a change m R. R. Roberts while the Old Bo)'.S "sm all-small" and bP.sides the design.

Many colonies have Race was won by Mr. J. L. Taitt members are young yet. All the (Continu ed on Page 2) Y.P.S. ( L6C) . with ~1r. H. Green a close second. best, eo:op.

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THE Q.C. LICTOR TUESD AY, APRIL 6, 1954.

Letters to The Editor

Tuesday, April 6, 1954.

From the Principal's Address on Speech Day.

Library Letter

To readers of the Lie/or Since our last report, many touches have been but to the apSir, I should like the first words of trying to teach them to think for pearance of the Library's reading JOINT EDITORS : Please allow me space in your my first Speech Day to be a themselves - to be able to see rooms and we note now th at : valuable columns to suggest that tribute to the fine work of. my- other people's points of view S . E . Cummings, On the once bare walls now H . I. McKenzie, Economics be introduced in this predecessor, Capt. Nobbs, who and in order to do this, they need hang beautiful paintings and Y . P. Sharma and school. during the last 20 years worked not only to study, but to study sketches, the efforts of boys from C . A. Roberts.

We feel, Sir, that a basic under- so h ard for Queen's College. He together, to play together, and to the Preparatory Form to VA The stand ing of this subject is neces- was able to hand over the school work together in all kinds of majority of these were retained SUPERVISORS : sary and we know as a fact that to me in a most healthy condition ways. They must learn the value from the exhibition, put on by the tradition for of discipline and the need for school on Speec'h Day, 1953, Messrs. J. A. Ramsaran many other Secondary Schools -with a fine and E . A . Wason. are teaching with a less qualified scholarship, and h olding a posi- order; they must acquire the and addit(ons have recently tion io the life of the Colony priceless virtue of tolerance and been made. Time will, no doubt, Staff than ours.

We therefore suggest that this that is entirely jn keeping with the ability to lose gracefully; they soon rob them of their appeal of those who need, too, to fi nd beauty and the but when this happens, it will be Subject be introduced as early as the ambitions founded and fostered it with love of art in its many forms for gratifying to see them replaced and possible. fell on stonyHoping that this matter will be loving care during the hundred its own sake; they have to learn a display of art pictures become "And some the essentials of living in a com- a regular feature in the library a nd ten vears of its existence. ground, where 1t . had °:ot much given its due consideration, When ·1 had been here several munity - in which one's wishes The pupils themselves, keen on earth; and immediately 1t sprang months and had been able to are made subservient to the good having their work exhibited, I remain, up because it had no depth of assimilate the detailed structure of all. earth · but when the sun was up will willingly fill the gallery.

Yours etc. built up by Capt. Nobbs, it beI am laying great stress upon it wa~ scorched : and because it Next, a glarice at the readin g McD .( V4B) came clear to me that the prob- games being compulsory and section. . . . Here three wooden had no root , it withere1 away."

How true of activities newly Super11isor's Note: Economics lems that had to be faced in the every effort is being made to give stands, built by some boys in the introduced to Queen's College! is so much a patt of History that next few years were closely bound each boy ( whether he be a g~ woodwork shop, have been inOur boys seem uµable to stick it is unlikely that this will be in- up with the rapidly changing or bad performer) the opportumty stalled to hold the daily newslong at any thing other than the troduced as a new subject until situation in the Colony itself. of playing games as often as papers. The crowd around these firml y established cricket, foot- Q.C. has a .:;tronger H istory Sixth. With the changing constitution al possible I am ~elyin.g on parents is s~ great in the a fternoons situation and the emphasis upon to support me m this... b all, hockey and Lennis, and . the that the many magazines, book-scout.s and cadets. Innova t1oos Then I cannot over-emphasise lets and leaflets, presented to us Guianisation, 11 is abundantly flourish fo r a while and wither clear that this school will be re- the value of the Scouts and Cubs by the B.P.I. , seem hardly away, even as the ent~usiasm of Sir, quired to produce to a greater and of the Cadets Corps, which are noticed or read. the boys. Q.C. is indeed infertile ll is depressing, discouraging and and !!reater extent the young doing excellent work... .

It has been proposed by Mr. utterly exasperatmg to kno w that men ; ho will be fitted in every Jn the field of Art we are also Ramsar an that any interesting soil.

There was a Bee-keeping the price o f ' 'buns" has been raised way to play the part that will be making progress. In the small Art articles or bits of news to be Society once, Who ever hears of from one penny to tuppence. On required of them in the British Ex.hihition which you are invited found in scrapped old issues of to visit in the newly reorganised the daily newsrapers, should be it now ? Who even knows that making an enquiry from "Cookie" G uiana of the future.

The enormou5 demand in the I Library, you will see specimens c ulled and posted up for general such a society ever existed ? Yet about this sporadic change in greater output of of the boy's work in the Art Classes reading. Such selections will begin when Mr. Bevis, a former Biology price, she replied to the ~ffect that Colony for a this Society, the price of plantains and cassava scientists of all kinds has led us You have had thr opportunity of to appear as from next term on Master, started there were a · great many mem- had gone up and that probably ac- also to int roduce another ionova- seeing our production of "Twelfth the Library's notice-board. bers. About thr same time, Mr. counted for the fluctuat ion in tion. This Term an experimental Night" and "T1 ial by Jury" and A number of new books have A. P . Richmond. one-time Eng- price. Whereupon I asked her " Remove" Form has been started you will hear the new musical a lso arrived. A t present they are lish Master. :;tarted a Junior whether the "buns" were usually and some twenty boys have been Society later in this programme... bei ng censored and catalogued Branch of the Society for the made of plantain and cassava adm itted to Queen's College from All these things go to widen the but wi ll soon be: made available Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. flour. She. however, made no re- ?ther schools.

Thes: boys are saope of the education which we for borrowing. In the line of nonI would therefore like to nolders of good O rdmary Level try to provide here at Queen's There a re few who can remem- pl y. fiction books. th.: subjects cover· a ber this society; fewer who know suggest that something be done to or Cambrid ge School Certificates College. wide field including astronomy, ameliorate this depressin g state of without Science, and they will that there was once such a travelling, scouting, cr icket and · study Science with a view to Nevertheless it is only affa irs. society. stamp collecting. And, judging four years ago since it had quite Trusting that my proposal ta king the three subjects Physics, fro m the bulging eyes all seem to Chemistry and Biology in the a lortg membersliip list. would be favourably considered, casr on the padlocked cupboards, Ordinarv Level Exa mination next Of course it may be claimed they should provide interestiRg I remain, July. Whether ti1 is Remove Form that in both cases the societies. r.!ading.

Yours etc., can become a permanent feature collapsed because of th e deparIt has been fo unu impossible to of our system will depend upon D.E.E. P. ( U6C). ture o f the Masters concerned.

In the past two months certain complete cataloguing tbis term, a number of facts which can only boys of the Lower Sixth Classical B• t this argument is all too ----1.J0 01-- be judged by our experiences in have had the opportunity of the books in the library's posseseasily refuted . The Bee-keeping sion, but by the beginning of next this experiment Society a nd the Junior Branch of learning French Phonetics under term, an up-to-date catalogue will Sir, Let me now turn from the the S.P.C.A . were both on the It is regrettable to state that academic to the many other acti- the tutorage of Mr. d'OHveira. definitely be ready for reference. d ecline lon g bd ore either Mr. We must mention, too though interest io the Licror is waning de- vities which play a part in modern T his class wh ich is ru n under the Bevis or Mr. Rich mond had left auspices of the Alliance Francaise with some shame, that 1 a good spite all a ttempts by the Editorial education. We at Queen's College has proved to be very helpful to the College. They ha~ fallen fifteen per cent. of our books at victims to the chronic Q.C. Staff. People h2ve to be begged, are trying to provide education boys in thei r knowledge in present in circulation, are in a sad coaxed, exhorted, almost forced for our sons with a capital "E". disease-waning of enthusiasm and This system Our aim is to tra in your sons for matters of French speech, cus- state of disrepair, either with 'in ter~st. The ground was · stony. to buy the Lictor.

The Alliance toms and history.

They should pur- cith.enship. must cease.

Academic training Francaise possesses library facili- '' broken" spines or torn leaves.

Even games, which would We are ties and records which are also Mr. Archer, in an attempt to rea ppear better able to retain in- chase the Lictor of their own ac- alone is not sufficient. medy this, has recruited, several cord.

I therefore beg to tender A letter t erest, have suffered. of immense value to Q.C. students "volunteers" frc m the lower the following suggestions for an appears in our columns in which of French. fo rms to assist in a book-binding improvement of the Lictor. a chess player bemoans the fact Sir, M.A. St. P. (L6C) cam paign. Members are asked to At present the Lictor conceothat chess has become a fo rgotten When I was in the Third Form take more c,• ·e in fu ture of books game, after so much popularity crates on Q.C. activities. I am su re I was introduced to the game of that they borrow. subscribers w0uld receive with our o nly a few years ago. An even chess. During the next three years, Noteworthy, too, is the visit remore recent example is volley enthusiasm news, not exhaustive, chess became very popul ar in the cently to the library of a group other schools, but just enough, of ball which was very popular at school, and there were many comof English students. These tour(Con tinu ed fro m Page 1) its introduction last year. Now it such as St. Stanislaus' College, petitions in my form. The visit of seems likely to suffer the same Bishop's High School and others. Senor Rene Pratt stimulated in- simply repl aced C":l-e orge VI wit h itsts were evidently pleased with Even news from schools in the terest. and the '>Choo! was well re- Elizabeth II, leaving the balance our collection. fate as chess.

Once again now, we wish to A horse of a slightly dilfer- West Indies would be welcomed. Prc~ented at his simultaneous dis- of t he d esign unchan ged . Other s d 1 t 1 offe r our sincere thanks to those · ,hat a wider range h I also sugest at the Woodbme Ho•el on ave issue comp e e y new olay ,ent colour is the deplorable sets who have kindly made us pre·state of the Literary a nd Debat - o f topics shoulll be included. f7riday 17th November 1950.

This change of design, :;entations in the past.

F ull acing Society. T hP.ugn this is an Prizes should b<: offered for the However. chess began slowly to whether partia! or complet e, , knowledgements will appear in the ~hort stories, jokes, cartoons hest old organisation l i.5 years old), and by my second term makes t he 11rev1ous set obsol P.te next issue of th , L 1· .1 In tlie Even a decline -it has fallen more than once into and puzzles published. · VA I · " h h -and obsolescence is the . "' < or. m ' notice~, t at t ere was philatelist's deligh t.

I meanwhile, we still continue to "oui-dire'' , would go a long lille -stagnat ion and only recently little or no interest in the game.

By establishing contacts in accept ,.. interest. way in promoting was revived by Mr. Cameron T he last dal':' for lending was Wi th the introduction of these D . E. W. Kin g and I offered to many far-flung parts of tbt?

Tudor ( former History Master) . t<:acb hovs who were interested in wor ld through cor respondence, March 19 and all books out were Lictor'.1· circulation feat ures. the The revival was only momentary, the game if someone would help mem bers of the club ~avE: been j to be retu rned on or before Ma h however. The Literary and De- will he increased with the result u~ to organise the classes. This able to secure coronation issues, . . re will more readily some as first-day-covers, recent- 1 30 • 1t 1~ pity that bo~ks are not that husinessmen bating Soceity has suffered yet ff o er was not taken up.

I sugly obsolete issues. and newly in -1 l.:nt for over t!ie holidays, but a nother decline. It is t rue that give advertisements-quite a con~ested that Chess should be intro- t roduced set s. We a r e at a dis - boys a re rem incbi that they have trast to the present situation. the casual attitude of the officials duced as an official School game. ad".antage in thf' t hird. instance th eir tex t-hooks. Happy holiday is largely re~ponsible for this; A bove all interr:st will be stimu- Nothin_g came of this. owmg to the cielaved mtr oduc- reading to you all but the me mbers are not totally lated and no room will be left T he e O f he h I t O lion of Elizabethan stamps in • · fo r 'eight cents wasted.' gam c ss e ps us 'his countrv. now scheduled for S . R. TNSANALL Y . free from blame. increase our powers of concentra- •hp end of ·th e year.

Tt is refreshin g to turn to the Yours etc., lion and planning. besides helpEntI:tusiasm has been high and o nly oasis in this desert of j.,o tVi to raci<k several l'.) ..0hlems ~. ·~"·d rrysta1li;:ing the organH. R. R. B. (LBC) . fa ilures. The Philatelic Club is .;imultaneouslv.

T herefore, we isation it has been agr eed that as vigorous today as it was at its should not allow this game to be- a president and secretaryfoundation a ye·ar ago. It would . r am qmte • · w1-11.mg treasurer come extm~t. th t should f th be electedf at A d. . e nex o e regu1a r ortccor mg lo a V B individual , be wise to find out the reasons We should try also to copy the te~ch t. ie vanie if clas~es are nightly meetings.

There is room the French conquered D utch to for the continued success of this good organisation of the Philateand T hope that the au- for a few new members but onl y Gu iana. and renamed it British club and apply the precepts lie C lub. Only thus can we hope orrr:>n1sed, tho··ities will t:ii<e somP sie-o to- those !"'oys with a str ong, long- Guiana. learn t t o other organisations. We 10 fe, tilize the "stony ground" of w:1sd~ the reh ahilit ari0n of chess. J t erm interest in ph ilatel y n eed I h C Belt a1·c,~ of U.S.A. should try to emul ate th e zeal Queen's College, and make it y apply. Anyone interested sh ould n t e om " see the st aff advisor , Mr. Irwin , 1the cows are fed on corn and , ours etc., :and <'nthm iasm of this society. I produce good fruit.

GU RD OATT.\. (U6M). or one of th e ri>gular members. tha t's why we get "corn ·· beef

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Editorial

A lli'ance Francaise

The Stamp Club

w hat's in a Name ?

Tuesday, April 6, 1954.

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Comedy or Tragedy?

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Cadet Notes

sented the Vlth in a postexam cricket match against the THE AGRYLLS ARE HERE Tutorial High School. The writer The first Cadet parade of the had intended to portray actual pen drawings, but the depiction of cer- Spring Term 1954 started at 1ain members entailed such diffi- 4.30 p.m. on January 22nd with culty, that upon expert advice the replacement of the B.G. from J\.lr. Batchelor, the idea was Volunteer Force instructors by abandoned, rather than revolt instructors of the Argyll and ;igainst the fundamental principles Sutherland Highlanders resident in Georgetown. The results of the ()f conventional abstract art : first cadet map-reading examinJ. JERVIS: - L'reful slow-to-fast ation for Certificate A held in bowler with high knee-lift, and December 1953 were posted on good run up to the wicket, using 1st February 1954 o~ the "Cadet his feet well in the process. Orders" notice-board and on the Should concentrate more on whole these were very satisfactory. bowling the ball.

Map reading lessons continued Y. SHARMA:- A surprise pick throughout the term under the who displayed himself creditably o.c.

FIELD DAY on tbe field.

An efficient Throughout the term both score£ with fine pen-strokes.

D. ·POLLARD:-- It is regrettable Cadets and recruits were trained that the verbally expressed in foot-drill and rifle drill, the recruits parading on Tuesdays at knowledge of the game of this 3.15 p.m. and the cadets at superb batsman could not mat"d l erialise. He got going from 4 .30 p.m. on F n ays, a most the first ball - back into the weekly. There was no special pavilion.

Brilliant fieldsman parade this term and the only unusual event save the presence with remarkable head-di.ve. of the Argyll instructors was i.. MANN:- Fine, attacking pace ~11other Field Day on 17th bowler with a Statham delivery. March - an ordinary school day .. ,, Was the best bowler on the for non-cadets -~tte~ded by team despite his risky tendency 79 cadets and recruits, and held to drop the ball on his toes. on the Golf-course and the nearby C. JONAS:-A fine player; an fields. autocrat of the hit-and-miss It was a most interesiing day, stroke, with a decided monopoly full of such experiences as of late-fanning the straight ball "judging distances" under an on to his wicket-though mod- experienced Argyll sergeant, the esty compels him to say th..t witnessing of an amusing demonthe ball turns sharply. stration of the use of. a wellJ. SINGH:- A good off-the-field made personal camouuagc: perplayer of the rushing type, more formed by a demonstration team suited to foo:ball. Grant that 0f the Argyll and Sutherland he did tackle, he tackled well. Highl anders, and the receptioi 'P. KTNG : - A player whose last- and .transmission of radio meto minvte exclusion did much to ,ages of varyi ng "degrees of premaintain the general efficiency cedence." A youthful officer of of the team, which, on so tragic the Argyll and Sutherland High·an occasion, could QOt afford landers taught the cadets the an infusion of the comic ele- hand-signals used by section and platoon-commanders in battle ment. and the use of the prismatic com:R. BANARSEE: - No member of pass. Later in the day, he demonthe tearn could pride himself on strated a section-attack by a •having had such a fine day's :;enior cadet section on an imag-cricket on and off the field. 4 camped on St. inary enemy batsman with keen judgement Stanislaus College ground, t~ \for spotting the loose ones, junior cadets and recruits who :rivalling the hustling Singh in had just returned from the Rifle this respect.

Ranges where they bad seen the D . TROTMAN : -The skipper of firing of smoke and high-explothe team whose disappointing sive bombs by mortars at about display, the critics assent, re- 3.00 p.m. by Argylls. Another sulted through his not planning. officer gave instructions on eleA fine batsman whose slinking mentary training to the recruits form was, however, influenced during the day. Of special interby the presence of a certain est were the "dives" in two .canine member of the science weapon-carriers over the roughest ·sixth. parts of the Scout ground at The writer congratulates the un- Thomas Lands, immediately after -mentioned members of the team lunch.

Rifles were returned to the whose negative contributions showed thoughtful consideration Cadet Armoury at about 5.00 p.m. after a well organised and for paper economy.

- "Don." ' tiring day.

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At the beginning of the school There was only one meeting of year, periods for Physical Training were introduced into the cur- this Society for the term because riculum of the Forms I A, lB, of the large number of Fridays and Prep. This training class was taken up by lectures, cricket, and run by Mr. T. B. Richmond dur- other holidays. There also seems ing the first term; but on his to be, unfortunately. a waning • • • • departure on leave, the class interest in this cultural body.

GOING ON LEAVE was taken over by the Physical Members are. kindly asked to be Mr. Chunillal our maths Instructor of the Argyll and present at all future meetings, Master will be going Qn leave Sutherland Highlanders. and ·the Committee members will from May. Mr. Hetram, too, will be going on leave lrom the Sergeant Instructor Stuart, who also accept any suggestions for 17th April. He is going to is a bachelor, hails from Elgin, the stirring up of interest in the King's College, Durham Uni- Morayshire in North-East Scot- society. versity, to pursue further studies land. He has already become a for his M .A . degree. He will be During the Easter Holidays, a studying "Lucretius." Mr. Irwin familiar figure about the school programme will be drawn up for will be leaving the colony at the and he also helped as a starter next term's meetings and the end of next term, for his sum- .at our Athletic Meeting on Ma rch members can anticipate a series mer vacation, but be will return 12. He told Lictor reporters in of good meetings. in time for the beginning of the a n interview, that this was the autumn term.

Lodge's Youth Organisation • • • • first time that he had ever taught P.T. in a School. He takes classes invited us to a meeting on SunSICK LIST during the last period of each day 21st but we were unable to Mr. Taitt who had been morning, twice with both IA and further the invitation to members seriously ill since October last IB, and once with the Prep. Com- as it was on the eve of our half could not resume duty this t erm. menting on some of his diffi- term examinations.

His place continues to be filled C.Y. T. (L6C.) culties, he said that in, the Army

by Mr. B. A. Eyre, B.A. • • • • Training Corps he had been NEW MASTERS trained to instruct men and conWe welcome to the staff two sequently had to be very careful new Masters, Mr. R. Jonas and not to strain the boys. He pointed Mr. G . H . Narayan, B .A., who out that the aims of P.T. in the Nowadays at the end of every arP both 01~ Boys o! the school. army and in school were entirely month of the term each boy in Mr .. Nararan t~ld Lictor reportforms I to III is given some idea e rs m an mte rv1ew that although different and he believed that the of his position in the form. To the school building had changed, training the boys were rece1vmg d o this the Principal has introhe found the spirit of the school 'would help to ~eep them supple, duced to these forms and L .4M. a just as alive as he had left it. active and, in particular, increase new and easy system of deter• • • • their "team spirit" He did not mining the form order, based on NEWS FROM MASTERS believe that it would appreciately the monthly r eports of the boys.

ABROAIJ raise the standard of athletics in As ma v be g u e s s e d the Christmas greetings were rebetter his report is, the higher is ceived from Messrs. Brown, the school. The boys he finds, are a boy's position in the form, but , avera!!e' ' physical it is not as haphazard as this Lowe, Trot z and Larthe. Mr. in "about Larthe has left af ter e ight years condition . He was, however, im- description makes it seem. In se rvice as a French Master in pressed by the ~tandard achieved fact I was quite intrigued by the Q.C. He is now t eaching in the in our Athletic sports which he system which incidentally gives Prince of Wales Government the edge to the boy with the School in Nairobi, K enya. Mr. described as " a good all round better English, or mathematics.

Larthe sent a telegram to Mr. performance." in cases where there would Irwin wishing t he boys of WesSargeant Stuart is the only otherwise be a tie. ton House a merry Christmas. Physical Instructor in the detachThe Principa l says that he inMr. L arthe, Mr. Maudsley ment of Scottish forces in the tends to introduce this system up assures his well-wishers, is no- Colony and th~ Lictor wishes him to the fifth forms and he hopes where near the Mau-Mau and that this new element of com~uccess in his task at Q.C. their activities. petition will encourage the boys KTNG, D .E.W. (L6C) to k eener effort. S .E .C. (L6M).

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ON LEAVE Mr. S. R. Allsopp who left the colony during last term has not yet returned.

Mr. T . B. Richmond is also stilJ on leave.

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EXTRA! Mr. N. E- . Cameron, M.A., Senior Master at Q.C., had the distinction of being the first person to appear before the Constitutional Commission which was set up in J anuary to investigate the causes for the failure of the last constitution.

Mr. H. A. M. Beckles has bee n asked to be Chairman of a new programme called "For the Sake of Argument" to be broadcast over Radio Demerara every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. commencing on April 4. The a im of this programme is to provide intelligent ~ntertainm ent and by free argument to show that "there are t wo sides to every story."

There w ill be a wide range of topics both serious and light under discussion. The programme, which is sponsored by Bookers, will run for thr ee months. Mr. d'Oliveira, our new French Master, is one of those who have submitted to the Mayor and Town Council, a new scheme for the numbering of houses. The plan, according to Mr. d'Oliveira will greatly facilitate the finding of lots. The most important factors in this new scheme are that each house will have its own lot and in renumbering, wards will be ignored .

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* OFFICE NEWS The office has been very busy during the Term Examination p e riod. Over one hundred sten cils had to be typed and dupli- ~ cated causing various members of the office to suffer from physical and mental strain. Mr. ,~ From Chate Ram whe had been with us since March 1953, has been transferred to the Medical Depa r·tment. He will certainly be missed around the school erpecially as his repertoire of 1,es was an evergreen topic for discussion in several fo'!'.'-nr ooms. We wi{h him success a r his new post.

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The House Performances on Sports Day

M.C.C. and W.I. Players at The boys or Queen's College were treated to a pleasant surprise on the 22nd of February when some of the players of the M.C.C. and West Indies C ricket Teams visited us.

The M .C.C. representatives ,Mr. Len Hutton and Mr. Palmer. the player-manager, arrived first and after signing the visitors book, were introduced to the Head of School and the Cricket Captain.

They were then conducted to the hall and after being introduced to the hovs Mr. Hutton gave us a short talk on the series so far and told us what he and his men hoped to do. H e then proceeded to demonstrate his superlative batting technique in theory. He then called on the boys to ask him questions. A few questions were asked and as M1 . Hutton was a bout to continue his impromptu lecture. a loud cheering from the northern section of the hall prodaimed the arrival of the four West Indian reoresentatives. More introductions took place and at the conclusion of these introductions.

Mr. Hu tton asked to be excused as he had another engagement. Before he left, however, he asked the Principal to give the school a holiday in commemoration of his visit. The P rincipal agreed to this and Mr. Beckles accompanied the M .C.C. players to their waiting car.

Mr. Stollmeyer then came forward and after he had made a few witt'} rem arks concerning the present series, h e called on the cricket captain, C. A. Roberts, to give him a summary of the play between B.G. and the tourists. After the usual remarks had heen made concerning Watson's batting and the bowling of T rueman, Mr. Stollmeyer proceeded to give us a lecture on the fund:unentals of cricket. He also had a word of praise for Mr. Hutton who he said "was the greatest defensive batsman in the world." He also said that Willie Watson was one of the best lefthanded batsmen in the world.

Mr. Gomez then spoke and usefu! stressed the need for advice. He also urged the P rincipal to grant the school h alfholidays everyday to see the T est as it had been done in all the West Indian Colonies. Upon being urged by Mr. Beckles, Mr. Alf. V alentine &rose and after

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decrying his ability as a speaker, be p romised to come up one afternoon and bowl a bit to the school players.

D espite shrill ("F' ') Weston House clamours from the boys Mr. H eartiest congratulations are I 58Y2 points.

Atkinson abstained from speakextended to the school' s two Austin House ("C") 121 The school was then dising.

Table Tennis Champions, N. C. points. missed and the pl ayers, escorted K. Phillips, Snr . division and Pilgrim House ("E") 110 T ang, Jnr. division. The rapidly

by Mr. Sanger-Davies went to the dining room where they were points. rising popularity of the game treated to light refreshments.

Percival House ("A ")-107Y2 reached its climax when the T able Tennis competition, the first of Many of the senior boys points Raleigh House ("B") - I03 Y2 its kind ever to be held in this availed themselves of the oppornew school, was played and these t uoity to talk to these celebrities points. two boys were crowned chamand at the same time, obtain Durban House ("D ") - 851h pions. They were presented with autographs.

The players • ~eft points. two beautiful silver trophies and soon afterwards after promtsmg The Championship and Stand- how we envied them, but we all to come the following afternoon ;:i nd give th e boyi. some coaching ard points shield were won by realised how keen this competi"F " House, House Champions tion was and how thoroughly ? at the nets. were: these boys dese:-ved this honour.

0OU ROW • These players, together with "A " House - R. A . Willock.

Haly, Barrow and Mr. Batchelor, Georgetown was. named after "B'' House - 0 . 0 . Niles "C" House - T . E. Matthews entered the Colony championships .Fort St. George s1tuated on an but they were· all knocked out. island i~ th~ Demerar~ River.

"D" House - A . R. Smith.

Jamaica nvals B.O . JD the pro"E' ' House R. B. Fields and They were complimented in most cases for their play and we of duction of bauxite.

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The day that permission was Queen 's College look forward to The County of Essequibo is "F" House - B. B. Hope. granted to a group of fifthseeing at least one of them a larger than tbe combined area of formers to start playing lawnI Colony champ in the near Berbice and D emerara Counties. tennis in hall was a memorable Camp Street between , Church I fu ture. day for already newspapers have I and Lamaha Streets was once a art icles congratulating Q .C. on Canal. the advantages of having an in- Life in the Prep has been very ex- ' ATHLETIC$ B.G . has the best batting wicket door Court The only one in the citing this term; there were two in the world.

In Athletics West Indians hold B.G. is larger than England in Colony.

Not only will it enable pleasant interruptions, the first Q.C. to produce future Colony being the cricket where we saw 4 world records. area.

I 00 metres. E. Mc 0 . Bailey players but it will also allow the some world-famous cricketers, Large deposits of iron ore have present Colony players to prac- and the second was the annual 10.2 secs. been found in B.G. 400 metres V. G . Rhoden tice during unfavourable weather Q.C. Sports Meeting. In the P rep There are two Barticas in B.G. So "Hats off" to Mr. Sanger. Form race Hammond was first and 45.8 secs. : -one in the Essequibo and the 440 yds. H. H . Mc Kenley 46.0 I ot her in the Berbice River.

Davies, fan Goring and othe~ McIntyre second; while in the who have taken the pains to under-nine race Cox was first and secs.

B.G. was the first country to, Each of the 4 x 400 metre~ relay (Wint, I have a rai lway in South America enable tennis to be played in the Seymour second hall. With proper material, Q.C.'s lucky four is now t reasuring his McKenley, Laing and Rhoden) (Submitted bJI VB} H a ll will soon be tbe venue for first athletic trophy with the hope '.t 03.9 secs. many champions of the game. that it may lead to the Senior At present the Indoor Lawn Championship one day.

Mr. Pilgrim told u s that the Tennis club has 26 members who are allowed to use the Prep Form is the record form in "court" for periods of two hours the Co-operative Society-twentytwice a week. Booking charts are four boys are members and all are posted up with the hours of play. banking regularly.

1.0. (VB) A new boy joined the form two weeks ago, David Dodsworth, and he is a very useful additiDn to the football team.

The best adventure of the term caused us to have a visit from the Principal. About ten boys visited the sea-wall one day when it was lo the beauty of the lilies too wet to have games in the last Christ was born, across the sea, period ; and in .the midst of a play With a glory m His Bosom that built on the "Sands O'Dee" Guy transfigures you and me: Seymour who was taking the pan As He died to make men holy, of the "weed or fish or floating let us die to make men free. hair" fell off the jetty into the JULIA WARD HOWE. water, and nearly made the play a bit too real.

Now everybody is anxiously l<e.cold Coca.Cola adcf, to awaiting the results of the examinations, and looking forward to the •'joymtnl of outdoor fua: the holidays.

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