The QC Lictor - April, 1955

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MR.· E. 0. PILGRIM ''YOUNG MAN OF 70 COMPLETES Pilgrim's Illuminated 50 YEARS SERVICE'' Mr. Mr. Edward Date Book Address

LAUDED AT SCHOOL CELEBRATION PORTRAIT PAINTED IN

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The following is the text of the Mr Edward Oliver Pilgrim: these he received in England. In illuminated address read and according to his Excellency "a 1917 he introduced the House

-young nian of 70 who has com- System and organised Percival House, the other House Raleigh bein~ organised by the late Mr. Leachman from !919 to 1920 he acted as Principal Queen's To Edward Oliver Pilgrim Esq,' Grace the Archbishop anci the College and was appointed later as Second Senior Master. He l\laster o.£ Queen's College, 'acted as Princip:il also in 1928from 1st April 1905.

1931, 1934, 1937, 1938. He introduce,:t the school's first sort of We the members of the Sta.ff uniform and int1odued the Card of the Queen's College of BriIndex system for keeping tish Guiana rejoice with you records. He introduced also the Class register and started a most hearti ly on this occasioq school orchestra. All except the of your attaining the fiftieth school orchestra are in operation year of your Association wrth today. In 1946 he retired but rethis School as a l\laster. turnPd since to act. In 1953 he We note with pride how startorganisec' the Co-operative Society in the school a.n d the society mg as the most Junior Master has prospered since. on the 1st April 1905 you imMr Filgrim who has twelve proved your qualifications hy other brothers and sisters has taking the B.Sc. Degree of been very prominent in the ColLondon University in 1911, and ony since his ar•·ival. He reprerose on the staff until you ~cted ~ented the Color,y in Cricket in on various occasions as PrinciTrinidad and !Jrld the highest pal, in particular from Sept. score in Parker Cup for years.

1928 to May 1931, your able He als'> represented the school, handlmg of the College during in Cricket and ·football which period was duly recognSincP his arriv"l.l at Queen's in ised.

1905, 3 163 boys have been throu~h the school and his most Io January 1946 yon became mem':lers. of the staff and school. memoral:-le year was in 1919 Deputy Principal emeritus, and At a 5pecial C'Cremony held in when 8S acting Principal, the have continued to serve on his honour a portrait painted school heing placed on its honthe Staff to the joy and bene- by Mr. E. R. Burrowes O.B.E., our for one term did not record fit of the entire College. was unveiled by the Governor one detention.

He bas taught in all three and was truly a fitting token.

The whole period of your Mr. E. 0.

Pilgrim B.Sc. building~ Q.C. has been in and association with Queen's College (Hon s.) to be exact is organised many concerts.. His has been characterised by love sixty-nine and was born at most brilliant student was Mr. of the boys and love of your Mt. Tabor Bai bados to R ev. Edg:u Duke Puisne Judge in work.

Alexander Pilgrim.

Moravian Trinidad and uncle to K. Potter Minister and Mrs. Elizabeth who was runner up in the GuiYour contributions to the Pilgrim .

He was appointed ana Scholarship last year. Mr. Cricket, Football and Athletic Junior Master at Queen's College Pilgnm says that he is indebted Jile of the School will long be on April 1st 1905 while he was to his father fo.· living and his remembered as well also the on !loliday in the colony. In 1909 Teacher for Jivi':lg well. He does plays you produced. at Speech he secured his int. B.Sc. and in not regret one moment spPnt G. Ed: ].911 his B.Sc. (hons). Both of teaching here.

Days over a long period.

presented by Mr. N, E. Cameron pleted 50 years service" celebraon behalf of the Staff, at the ted his Golden Jubilee on April ceremony on April 1st 1955.

1st and was lauded by His Excellency the Governor, His

\Ve recall with further pride the part you played in the early history of the Scout Movement in the School, in developing the House System, Chess and more recently a Cooperative Society among the boys.

We are pleased to record :fm-ther that your influence has spread ou tside the confines of Queen's and that you have given sterling service in the Colony to the cause of Music, Co-operative work, Land Surveying, the Public Free Library and other Cultural Committees.

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H. A. M. Beckles, Harold R. Persaud, E. R. Burrowes, T. B. Richmond, S. N. Narayan, C. M. Boland, W. N. Smith, C. I. Drayton, J. A. D'Olivera, Chunnilall, M. P e d er so n, Ronald Rock, E. A . Wilson, I. A. Noel, E. L. Archer, C. E. Barker, N. Smith, J. Chung, B. A. Eyre, R. A. Lee, L. deW. Dolphin, Joseph J. Niles, L .. N. Roy Banarsee, S. A. King, 6. R. R. Allsopp, J. A. Ra~maran, N. Van Noote~_, C. A. ;¥ansen, Dol'is Wan · Ping '.(Secretary).

Oli~er Pilgrim

A SPORTING PERSONALITY

Undoubtedly the greatest spori,ing personality of the school today, is Mr. Edward Oliver !Pilgrjm, A Barbadian by birth. he came to the school BSc. · . as a master in 1905 and ever I9l0-Represented Colony ' 0 since then bas been on th t ff cri cket. \ On the occasion of his ~f~i:tl~ 191_1- BSr. (Lond) Hons. anniversary as a master of the Physics.

I school, he is able to Jook back September 19 13- Married. with fond memories of his days J 1,ne- 1915 - Examiner to gone by when ne was a colony Board of Chemists and Drug- crick!'ter, and one of the best gists for preliminary Examina- batsmen in the Colony.

1 tLOns of U1at board.

Always a lover of sport, he 1917 - Introduced House began his caree,· as a cricketer S,•stem Q.C. while _still attending Lodge · August 1919- Feb. 1920- School m Barbados, when he Acted as Principal Queen's represente~ his school in • 1'rst C0 ' Eleven Cncket Competitions in 11 cge.

G . , . Barbados. At this time, he was 0 ct.J 919 .

C'inment norm- the opening bowler of his team n.ee, . arncg,e Froe Library, and many were the times whe~ Committee. he struck fear in his opponen ts' Au~. 1.928 - 1\Iay 93 l - Ac:ted batting vanguard, as he secured as Prmcrpnl, Queen s College. wicket after wicket.

April - Oct. 1934 - Acte, l After leaving his homeland as Principal, Queen's College. to become a master at Queen '~ June--Nov. 1937- Acted U!' he was not content to rest on Principal Queen's College. his htw·c:>ls as a cricketer, but .fan.- May, 1938 Ar te<l ,ls by dint af hard practice.

Principal Qnet>n 's College. he WRS a.bl.e ~ make ,Jan. 1939- SPnior l\laskr. 1 some headway l"l this sphere of Queen's College. sport, fo1; he first. of aJl Played 1942 _ President Dawson for Q.C. s 2nd XI, and t hen Music Lovers Clnb Second later for B.G.C.C 's 1st Xl in Master Queen's College the Pa~·ker Cup Competition. By · . this tlDle. he had •become a.

1942- a 'overnment Nommee better batsman than he was a.

Com~ttee q.eorgetown Co- bowler, and h e E.tuck to batting. operative Cr~it Bank. .

His Pe.r severance was rewarded .1946-:-Reti.red on pension When he won the batting prize still acting. for B.G C.C. in 1910, and be 1952- Introduced School Co- 1a~so ,;et a Colony record for the op highpst lndividua1 score when he Also: recorded 165 for B.G.C.C. in a Member Board of Examiners l Parker Cup Match. His cricketfor land Surveyors. Honorary ~ car.~er was ~ow at its Representative, Royal Schools 'Everest • for having already of Music. London. Studied repre~ented the Colony against Viedal Educational Method Sheppard,s team of profesin u s A sionals, when it toured B.G., he · · • was now chosen to tour TriniG. (Ed l dad with the British Guiana.

Toul'ing Team or 1910. He shares the. honour along with The following letter was read Mr. E. R. Moulder, as being one

by His Excellency the Governor of the two Q.O. masters to reat the ceremony of presentation pres~nt B .G in cricket. t 0 M p·z .

Cricket was not the only game r. ' unm. : which he played, for he was able to. flnd time to play some Government House, foo~baJl. Pia.yin~ for the Q.C. Georgetown, 1st XI in many competitions, British Guiana, and then playing for the fam1st April, 1955. ous Artlllery SPorts Club.

He found time also, to play Deal' Mr. Pilgnm, I have been asked by Sir chess and was an ardent and Christopher Cox, K.O.M.G. Edu- above average player. A few cational Adviser to the Secretary years ago, when Rene Pratt, of State to convey the following visited B.G . to give a series of exhi~itions, he was one of the message to you: 'Please accept my very warm only two players, who were able congratulations on your remark- to ho)d this master-player to a. able record of 50 years service draw. He was responsible !or to Queen's College. A teacher's getting the late Dr. McShine to greatest reward is in seeing his present a cup for chess compe• the secondary pupils rising t.o positions of tition amon g honour and responsibility and schools.

It was; not an easy task for few teachecs can have more rich reward in this way than yourself. so busy a person, to find time A very large proportion of the for spo,.ts, but he has done so, educated manhood of British and will always be an example Guiana must revere you as their of good sportsmanship. Even up teacher and I am happy to know to :"'lOW the gods are smiling that so many of them will be on him, for in his 50th year, he gathered together on this anni- was able to see the House named after him, emerge winners of versary to do you honour.'

May I take this opportunity to the Inter House Athletic Comadd my personal congratulations petit!rn for the flrst time since to you and to Mrs. Pilgrim on Its ;nauguration and the cricket Shield won by his house this occasion.

'Percival'.

Y'ours sincerely, He ts indeed the greatest : Alfred Savage, sporting personality of the C, <SP. Ed.> sclloot. . -~ ...'' - Governor.

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We wish to mclude your wife and family in our congratulations and in the expression of our hearty wishes for long con.tmued happiness and service.

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Jan 19th 1886-Born Mt. Tabor Barbados.

1904-Educated Lodge School Barbados.

April lst !905- Junior Assistant Master, Queen's Collego 1909--Exempted from Inter.

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THE Ote •. umTOR WE DNESD'.AY , APltlL 6, 1955

Wednesday, April 6, 1955

SUGGESTION COLUMN

I think the . sc'bool should lie open all da1" to th-e upper school for the purpose of · A · n'"· reading and reference. The objecEditors: I . C G Ol'lng, b tion will be raised, and will e Wharton. supported by .th& fact that ""hen Features: G. . Armogurn. this experiment was tried by Mr. Sanger-Davies some books Spol'ls: G. R. Churn:1;.

A dvertiscmenl Manager, i\1. 7.. disappeared, most likely stolen.

The remedy I ~ropose is to ·have Khan. a librarian whose only duty is Sales Manager: D. A. Lord.

111 , connection ,with the HPi·iu·y, Supervisor: l\fr. S. R.R. Allsop~·1 • • ,. ' ~ * ~~=='==''=='.:;;;;;~.:;;;;;~="===~~~- The musical society was a- very o-ood , idea indeed ,but ;vhat has tecO!l).~ cif it? Unless it is due to my negligence or lack of obser-. varlce I h~ve not heard much of • it for q,uite a while. Has it died dawn? I suggest a re-01·ganisa"Few m en run claim as many tion.

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• d eep personal >ltlrnirers as he but • ,. r . · m hntsoe, t·r can equ,,l his Mr Narayan must be congratunone n " .

• . h ... t· " · lated on the way m winch he .,as a llee 1011 · . . ,. · . t bl. t · · Tl11· is aptly smted to tu1s oTgams~d a e enms m the . . . .s gentl~man ·who ha~ school, with the consequent n se ~~rr£is 1:iest eirs of service in the standard of play.. Howgi en , C II y For 50 vea'rs ever, one cannot but notice howto Queen s ~ ge. d 111·s ,t'ortl> the new table' has deteriorated m he hfl,S serve us . a11: M ll1 , such a comparatively short space bas beAn 1mmcasurable. l {j of time r think that when the . tod·iy who can reca. · ht t Iwre am •·. . '[ T, t new tables . are broug , one boing lectured by · !nm. 1\ Y rs should be sef ai;ide specially fo1, · Maths lesso1.1 f1·om him is qmt-1 school ,players and tournaments. I vivid in my. memory. '\Ve were_ Also, that a few rackets ~hould all waiting on Thursday morn- be kept specially for· t ournaing for 'Mr. lloogy' 0£. who1:n J ments. · · we had heard BO many fantastic R. Persaud, VA. stories. Befol'e long ' through • • • •· the door cam a s h o rt. .J~' 4" 1 would like to mak e k nown form with a white ~nngecl ·through this medium the fact almost bald ))1100. :For his age, that, there is a general dislike there was1 an unconscious fas- to the typo of seating provi?-ed Some :time ago, ·there was tf"id.ium in his walk ~ud m t he in the Lower Fourth Class19al an editorial in the. 'Lictor' reaquiline cast hf his old Hwe ln Form Room. The consensus nf ferring to · how boys. had to repose which expressed t!1e mno- opinion indicates that the desks be begged, coaxed , exhorted cent arroganoo of his mmd. His and chairs that we had last"year almost forced to buy the voice had & suprising tone should be returned, thus replac-- 'Lictor'. At present, a similar of respect almost as if I.1e were ing those now ju use. m,se is noticed except· that now, addressing tho Supreme ~lU't 'I'he argument that the .()Te- you have to beg, cO'~x and exinstead of a grfJup of youn~soern. sent ty])O of seating minimises lwf't the)n to sLibrillt articles.

W'e bad reache(l the dec1s10n he the noise caused by the dragIn a school 0£ oYer six hunway a very a1niable old 1:?an. ging and knocking over of desks dred l:ioys only al:Jout fifteen Dttring the terin his enthusiasm and chairs is a -strong one, but articles if so many are_ snbspread throug]1 us· lilre ,, con-- on • tbe other hand if the boy:s mitted ,l•hen a 'Lictor' is· to , be tagion _and we gradually 'cai'n · would exercise a little ca:re, the produced and of' the fifteen into confact with his "Msie, noise would be eliminated. mbst o,f th m arl> seMom silly-fowl. goat, donkey'' ~ntl'his :Vo suggest, Sir, that. some- wortliwl le to print. apparently h ckneyed oooga- tlung ought . to be done ·to It is logical that when a paper, booy'. His ' 1hwo scale, pans. amehomte this depressing sLr,te or peri0cliea is protlucod therci bal~ncing so sweetly, so neatly" of a.ffail's. . would be S(:)t11e sort oi criticisms. seemed to be his 1'rwourite, b ut Hopi11g that this letter will ,rn Q.C. -the nmoun t,. oi critic"' he was frequ e11tly interrttpted catch - the eyes of those con- we harve< is uabeltevable. Clritics bv a dissenter who murmured cerned. are uood for improving tbEt "Crash, they nverbalanced."

K.M.G.W. stnnd;)·d o.ht •newspaper and ill' Yes, Mr-. Vilgrim has - spent A .F.B. . tlie 'I:ictor? there is room • for

·."Qneen's t:ollege Wins Humphrey Shield"

Pilgrim; House Wins' Cha,npionship . Shield

HOUSE CRICKET FINAL

Willock Boivls Percival Ho use Victory ·

EIGHT RECORI>S TUMBLE T he , Annyal Athelic S~orts was one whicll w111 long be remembered for Pilgrim House, named after Mr E. o. Pilgrim, In the presence of a )argc emerged as wmners of Lhe crowd, mnong ,vhom was a beYy Champion Shield for the first Ronnie Willock, 16-year nld of girls from "their• sister . time. The Gocts must have been opening · fast bowler oi ihe school''., Queen's College.emerged Pleas£d for this is the year school, was the chjef archj.tr:ct ·winners of the llumphrey Shield, 1 whi ch JP.arks t he fiftieth anniof Pernival House's y1ctory for Unaer 18 Competition by versa•·y of 1'fl'. Pilgrim a's a over Woolley House by ,1q beatinct St. 13arnabas F.C. to tlJ"' m3:5te;· n.t the s~·hool, and it was innings and 35 runs. \Villuck, r,une ~f 2 goals to nil. Tltis , a Just r ewar d 1or .such an outI hreezcd through the '\Voolluy match which was played on tbe standmg· personality both in Hm1se batting ,vanguard , a11tl G.F.C. gronnd'. was· the third scho~1:;~~~io~~· RECORD / returned the rem'arkable ana ly · occasion on whwh the two teams BREAKING SPREE I sis of 7 wickets for 6 runs m The large ci·owd among whom j the first innings, firnshing evi;nn1et, for the two prev10us match· es were dra,vn. were His Grace, the Archtually with the match anal~· 1,; Th~ teams ,verc eYenlv bisho}") of the West Inaies, and I of 12 wickets for . 31 run~. Pl[t,Y1 ing second fiddJ'e to ,'\VilJ oi:ik matched, and Queen's was al.iie the \l·ives of the masters , saw_ to forge ahead through the of- · eight new r cords set up, in was the other opening bowler .forts of Baeohys :who scored ofi addition to wltn~ssing keen and of the Wight Cup team, Goring an inclirect free kick, after the i·'- te1·est1·1J,r 1•lv·•li·y thi·oughout ·j u ,.· · H ouse a b ou t Io ma k e 111e who secured 4 for 25 in lhe , Pil grim u .....

The above picture shows R. ,u, r •~Ids o 1 Sa.int's goal keeper had "car- the day,. The Fpree of record record-breaking jump of 5' 8 %"· P hoto: L. Robinson.

2nd 3 for 20 in 1st r ied" the ball. This goal was , breaking- wa. begun by young innings.

Bowling accuraL ly scored at the 9th minute, and · Ted MaUhews of "O" House, surpass the old record of 4 feet [ afterno01::, to . eclipse the , old for tl1e greater part of the ti111e, .it was the only one to be scori,~l who nJso emerged Junior 7 3. 4 mches held by J . L. Taitt. record 01 2 mm. 12 secs. for the Goring was only overshadowed in tl1e first half.

Champion . Young Matthews, a Matt\".ews returned once more 1880 _:;ards held by !-'· , M. W . by tlie more aggressive bowling In the second half, play swtmg potent.ial Colony Champion, s.et to wm the 440 yards in anoti1er I Bowlmg (1931).' whe1: he ran of Willock, and together these. from one half of the field to the up the first new record for the recorc! t .irne of ~7 secs, which Ithe same disiance m 2 mms two bowled unchanged in both other, and it was Bacchus wh? day, ..yhen he retunied the fast broke the old reco1:d of 59.2 , 8.8 secs. . , . innings. once aocrain scored. In a solo run time of 10.4 secs for th~ .100 .! secs . held by R. c . Bacchus. This l Dick F1el.ds, was :he nex~ Winning the toss, D. B. R nyto b1eak down, which broke the mono~o- yards· which bi'oke the prevwus , was th"• la.,;t record which athlete: . ti b a reco1d. . th Cleai high man ti1e sk.1pper o £ p cr01·val ny of mid-field play, he was able record by .6 secs. The previous 1-Ma.tthe,m s~t for the meeting, r m g ,_1e cross- ar m. e . . wicket . The Woolley Hocise (Under 17), at hthe=]ip height l tl £rs t k noc k on a ivp ...Jy to beat the Saint's. goal-keeper, record was th -oecond ' · oldest re-' for although i1e won the 120 Jump f f t 8 5./ 8 · d 1ave 1e 1 cord. anti was set in 1929 by D. A. yards burdles, .he was .2 secs O 5 ee . ms., e cv se crick-0t. The w·ool e.r Hmise with a. powerful left· foot shot, Farnum and was equalled in outside of the present record , the old height of · 5 feet 5 1 / 2 b bl fi d from .inst outside the penalty 1937 and 1954 by G. Co,.icr and of 17 St:cs. ins . .created by A D. Delph in 1940 . atsmen seemed una e to '\ area. ·w hen the final whistle M tth ' t· 1 A f "Maxie" Bacchus _ after having any remedy for tho pace bow· ,;a-s blown, the score was lln.a · ewsl t respMec titvhe Y. HC'PE •een. t~o Df h ;s brothers' re- ing of 'Will ock and Goring, a11d . ewd· 1 mmu tes a er. a . ews ec 1pse .

TAKES OVER " · 'd d t tl t dl d ut changed, and thus Q.C. became the secc,nd record of the meet- · Ho?e. who emerged open cords broken, now de_c1 e o 1ey were soon run e d winners of tl1e Humpl):rey Shield ing, when he n,mped home an champion for the second sue- have a record of . his own. for 40 runs. , for the first time. easy winner in the 220 yards, cessivP ; ear, no\'' took over the Rather unfort~rui.tely it ,w~~ an~ Startmg very badlf by ·1osu1g After the conclusion of the returning the time of 24.4 secs. reins of rec~rd breakinlJ from other one o: his m·~thers ;, N.C. ·, thell' £rst wwket without aflY match, the Shield was presented to ~be11,t the old record of 25.8 M;atthews. ;nd s1!pplied his quota whose rec01d he ~1oke, v\hen. he runs on the board, PercWJ],l to G . D. Nicholson, thq Captam secs,, which h e ileld jointly with of new records.

F,irst of all, returned the time of 2 .mm_s. ,- Hous.e were .ab~e to retrieve 01 the Q.C. team, and medals N. c. Bacchus, he sprinted the 440 yards In 19.~ secs,. to beat the old record th e1 r po s 1 t 1 on and tleMal.thews was now given a 53 .2 secs, which was .8 sec better of e mms. 22.8 secs. clared their innings closed ·were also presented to tho members of the Q.C. team, by 1'11r. brief respite f.rom h is record / than th_e previous time. of 54 G.R.~nin 148. for 6. Thi they aLtain <l: J. E. Adams. Presid en t. of the breaking spree as Rodney of ' secs which was the time m Thus Pilgrim House Wl. . g mamly through tJ1e efforts of B.G. Youth Council.

"K" House tooK over and broke I which t,oth r: R . King an? F. El. the shield was tl•a1·snotghi~arndfitt10~~ the three Rayrnans who IJethe 1Jnder 13 reco1:d for High Mongul did the same distance "crown'' for tween themselves contribuLed G. R. CHUNG, Sports Ed. Jump, when he topped the cross- in 1948 and _1951 respectively. man 's anniversary, all out, 41 of the · total scol'e, bar at 4 feet 8 5 / 8 inclJes to Hope, returneo. later in the .

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out, ahly supported by "D.13.'' who made 33 - tiie most s11Ccessful ·w oolley House bowlc1· being L ee who secured 3 for 49.The Woolley House 211d . innings followed almost tlie same pattern of their 1st iriJ1ings and in spite of tlie re~ arranged batting order thf.Y 1;1'er~· all out fbr 65 runs. The ·one • bright sJ)Ot of ~e battir)g was the battmg of tlie captrtln Lee. who scored 40 runs out pf tbe wh ole total of 65. WiHocl!, · 5 for 25; ru1cl! Goring, 4 for .~/>, ,were resJ>Onsible for this d~l:iacle, a nd tflus, P ercival H011se was ab1e to reta.in the Cridi!lli Shield bY" tlie handsome margin o~ 1l innings and 35 runs.

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. ·tY a b ou t ' wl110 · h 1 means o f a 1-a1Ile. For 1955, so far~ (Jan.Mar.), A QC A party of masten, MPSSl'S. · · ac t·,vi · $ ol 'V R l the, bo,_•s in g neral know ' Httl e L,,st '."<'..ar, about two a total oI around · 740.0 . ias Irvin, C!uinilall, ' ason, oc , , j'-· 1 . . h l .;c ., been spent, chieHy on cnclfot 1 Cmnmings (St. Stamslaus) , will or not ung, H1t rn w nc eac, Lhousand dollars -was obtained and -athletics. Eor cricket, tlw be touring that part of the m - boy takC's A part, is t\mt oLthe. fron;i present Q.C. boys, abont used for repaiTin~ terior arouna Mt. Roraima and Q.C. Games Club.

I $250.00 from Old Boys and :J~::ee'::.:· scoreboards arn.l the M.ttzaruni . river during the 'J'he rn<'mey comes irom threr• 'firms, and the remainder was · pnrchasing cricket _gear. For _Easter holidays. . i main" sources. Tb e subscriptions .made up of the balance from athletics, the remamder was ABO VE: M r. E. o. Pllgrlm replying to, Sir <Frank· M cI1,ftld's • speecll ' ar the " Old Bo!~ Association DinOn the 7th, they leav&°George- of t i o boy-s Ht' present in Q.C. 1953 together witlr the mon~y used for buying cups for the ner" gi"cn o u his beha lf. On !\'Lr. Pilgrim's right qs seen Orj \Visba.rt1 · the o ldest, (!fd'• boy hvmg today. town , by sea-plane for Imba!· rnake-u·p the hnlk of•,t; as each obtamed ffom the raffle of a . . · ·nt"nu pro BELOW: Rory M islr, captain of Pe rcival H o use presenting- a gold <tie-J>in on belutlf of P ercival Hous~ madai fr01n wl ich tli0;y go _li)' l::ioy su oscribC'tl orre dollar• fifty bat. . pnze-wmnerts, pri 1 "' • • ., , , '" · · . . e c.

1 110w 'rrrammes foot and river; , -vest So Lrth , est- cents per-term, except for ·Bast<>i" The fo llowing list s1ows "' O''d B.' .. 1 cl fri·n)s con.t r.i' . tertn, w lien l1e ' · l1ave an .. t l10, money was spen . t· , . _, " ·d., ov... nd s an 5() years ,arnd lie has never• l'fl'. irnpro,,ente-:rtt: However, when1 . ll ward1.~ for 8 days, to our·Ronus $'> 0 00 gretted orie"ln ment spen t h ere we · approach these critics to C. . . ~.

•.r l1e -additional for~y-c.igbt cents " for II Cr icket $ l ,lh'.l.' ,·'•g I 1c,l'.l= arou . -··5 . ma.

After, crossm over. to t v_ with us, and e • att;· liappy, to write and suggest·impro'vement:s B r azilian side, they march a.thletic .sports. j Athletics 670:78 know h e • love~ his work now,. we find' complete abstinence. ~ northwards through Venezuela, The secon([ ' sol ce of thiti · Football 33'6.89 There's little difference -!rnm more tha1· he did 50 •years Generally, it i noticed that· ----. . .

T · o · u1· - • E. O ! P tlgrim, Esq. .

I R' l s1· ....11 forr+-~ t o t h e head-waters oJi th"' mo11ey, is the donation o.E rnl! · Hockey 114.7'7 tween a budding genius and a ago.

Telegram from Old Boys of Q.C. ·tn tie emo,·e am xa "'· , The following · account was leadership of S. M , Hussein left Kamarang, where they remafo Boys and frrms . for pur chasing Table Tennis 8'1'36 · blooming idiot.

He lias givef\ oflhis l/e~t and in Brooklyn N,Y, ·are found the greatest number received from George H olde r G eorgetown in . the ''S.S. su·n Il'Ieffibern of the Q .C, Scie nce at a mission . for 2.! days.

Tftey' prizes for the atliletlc sports. ,VoHey Ba.11 .. .

I!l.3't.l--~~-=-= ~~~~ -= ~~-----...~~~------- -- - ..::...--= 1 h has seen Q.C. pow f on'l • •· • • of · critics who prefor to Jtist who went to 'I rin iaad ' as a · re- brayton" fo r T ri nidad to repre- Society visi ted t h e Suglr Estate 84..:12 • " • strongth to strength. It~ lfa Mr: Pilgrim, Queen's Coliege; 'gaff' about the poor literary , presentRtive of t he ·Q.C . Troop sen t British Guiana Scouts dur- owlned by Bookers at ?In. En- then go east, · down the 1:iver, to Finally, money for some spedfw )\fiscellaneous its junct ll!e with the Mazanmi, purpose is occasionally-raised by TOTAL $2,418.97 been like t h careful ' paTent Georgetown, B.G. standard of the newspaper, and on the occasion of the Princess's ing Princess Margaret's visit to more · on Tuesday, 5tl April, guiamg Q.C. througK. her tur* • • • are not troubled to pick up · n, ' visit. that island. We stayed at the 1955. T he P arty comirised 50 and cross the Meume mountam bulent yea1·S' wltliout a blunder.

Old , Boys in •U.S .. Jerry' Adam- pen and! send in an ar_ticle. H j "On Thursday 27tl; Janual·y, a Boy :· S~o~ts Headquarters, mem oers and other menbers of. range to the Kuruptmg. .. They Th" present 1eproduction in the f.creen - the Drums etc. @ n the staff, namely MessJS. C. M. proceed north, np this rn-er to We all adn1i1-e hiiD, tbis ey~r son, Dr. Basil <jharles, Guy is noticeable that .t he ReWJ.OY(J group ·of 10 scouts under thejI P ort-of-Spam. .

Movie Houses is termed Mona11- one side - the strings ·etc., §Il' miling · grand old man wJ10 Oozier, Dr. Cemi Joseph, Dr. is yet to contribute to·the, 'Lie- ] On th~ Saturday_' aftei· our Boland; ' C. E. Barke,, J .. J. its juncture with the Mazru:-un1, ral.

A . single t\rnPlifier system the other. We "hear." the eP.and j;hence they go to may appear aged, but is_y~uni Godfrey Nurse, Dr Aaron Peters, to;' and in the Sixth forms, .iI , arrival we ,took pai't in µ. com- Niles and R A. L ee. feeds a single f'peaker System, til'e orchestra - true enough ~ The Party left Georg~.town at Tumereng. Travelling by seaThe single Amplifier ~Y or may as all the sound'!; from the tll'• . in heart. He has persomf'ied Carlto1' iPollard.

Dr. Philip mo.re than four .a!ticles are re- / voice of the Queen's Colle~c petition with _the Trinidadian 8.20 a.m. by a sp.ecial train and plane from there back home on all that is gooil and glorious in Stewart, Dr. Duncan 'I'norne c.-erved m an echt1on, a nlll'acle d t d it .is tirn vou br· scouts and were fou1tth .

The returned at 4.00 p.m. noL have a dunlicate which is tchestra are recorded on our fllrrt'=Lunch the 30th, is the last stage. . thus nn1formed. . en s·i· _au UfJ and. ethmk ·. next f day. Sunday, ,;iroug-ht into us·~ in case of an but our two ears l1ear it from a the school an d we can n~·er re- wish you retiring· oli Gofden 1s The Upper ·' stu .,. r to fc r th ,. . weB visiteldd was supplied by the ~e;mbers l · 1 · ,. Jubilee after half century as Si'x:tli's' excuse ,:I"1 1 " I e amous .v,aracas a" an of th Estate. vVhile on foot they will each siagle point sourc~ on tl1e emergen<>y. compense rnu or pay· 1111 • ·is exam but the yocrrselvcs t · h ·If d "th l I t 'b f l118 · H at Queen's, Long years .,,, • ha ~ , . ,. spen a 1ove1y a • ay - ere.

I The tour was a very interest- have 2 or 3 Amerindian porters · 0 .

The Sing·Je Speaker · System sc1'eel1. enoug rt u,,.. Ot erci: Happiness.

Lowe)· oixth and n.eitio,•o Vu I lf you do not know what ,u On Monday r,1orning we met ing one and it was the irst time secured from missions in tha t 1nay C(ln tain fr~,m one to six '111 stereophonic sound three Qr lean task, in !.he• halI oentUT3'\ Joseph .C. Morris. rione whatsoever . . Thus_wo see write · we would be glad 1:.0 the rest of our contingent who that the members of tb:1 Soc iety area· Mr. Irwin said tlmt they speakers. If th~r<: is one"'speake'i', more separate at:Jplifying systet 1s made a tour since the fl!'mation were' very careful in not hiring When he fin.all . , retires, I -kno, .

• •· * • '.1 bunch of over . Sixty students assist·you but d6n't just sit dowl1 had arrived on 1.he "Wiruni". then it handles all the sound fre- feed three or more separate of theSociety in Se,>tember, a part .of E. 0 ·1 Pilgrim wiil•i·e- - Congrats nrst lJalf century. m the Lower. , Sixtfis and Ro- and · b~ absurd. Too o ften ·1,a~ At 3 r,.m. the next day, Tues quenci/'.<. from the· Am1>Itfie1· and Speaker Systems.

Seventh Day Adventist porters, 1954. main in the lie11rt of each of us Best wishes second. move (all cr'.t1cs) who are tou tlie 'LictOT' stnfT been wTiting up day 2nd· of February, we converts it into audi·b le ..signals.

In the same scene of an orBesides being an edtcational as they do not trnvel on Satnrbe he a "silly-fowl'' . ur one ·S taff B.H.S. concerned. with t~emse.Jves to almost all of . the ui'ticles. Your assembled with the scouts of t'our the trip also gave !Orne exone amplifier and it is clear, then that Bass and 9hestra days. "as good as gold - you agree • • ..,_ • • trouble with snbttuttnig articles , s·pooi·i Ieerlinoct s tage is over. Port-o.. f-Spain nd environs at perience to. the meinbe1s.

'I'i·eble wm be handled ·bY a single Speaker System will be repr@· Each .

P ort1>I' charges $ :L 00 n with me.''

Congratulations. f tl b fit r tl l 1/ G t J.W. R. (Lvl M ). speaker if only installed. Alter- ducing for e.g. the Dl'ums - tPe• or 10 one o 1e sc 100 . y 0 , 1 • hl'l.Ye to exr'>ress vrnir overnmen Ho\1se and had our · clay and so each person pays t u c • :fl t 1· f th t AnnalriuntJ:tado Boys, l\'l t f th natively - two to six speakers next arr;plifler and Speaker sy~os o . em seem o wa / opinion~ clea rl v and subuiit rs g imps.e -o e P incess as about $50 for porterage; · tjlis are usually employed - one or tem the wind instruments anu a around<..w rth a sirtnlar motto ,. j them voluntarii'.v to the new'3- she drove 111.. At 9.JO ~.m . on forJnS the most part of theii· more handling the treble fre- third - the i,kings etc. hear nothmg, I speak nothmg, D 't b · lik ti Wednesday mght we witnessed as that; held ·a t at iPort-of,-Spain. expenses- wliich come up to I .

•. ed e wse ,, ""' · · It is thus clt'fll' that at least quencies and one or more handI take mterest m notmng an(1 ·papeT. · t on tl w 10 a t remen d ous d'1sp1ay of ,,1·e~ .u,en t"" ue p nncess came· an d mbetween $150.00 and $200.00. .

I come o ns an sav rnv are . . t d d k .... three sources of sound will ir • Jing the, bass frequencies. from notHmg to another, I track . · , . , .' . ·fI· . . , works given m honour of the spec e an spo. e to a ,,_;v of us ~1r. Irwin is going to. collect pinge on our ear drums - v~'Y dbwn th@ clulT way whjch leads disgruntled_°' er ceihi'.n. _a ,U,rs ! Princess . At 9 a .m. the follow- We had our last glimpse As m.ual the Amplifier sends much as if we were listening td a t0 b .· and .are afrn.id to expi <>ss tlirn · inrr morning we saw the Princess o-r· her as she left San botanical specimens whil Mr. L. Yong-Kong was appointed 0 tl · , · Mi·, C. Rrode . Pillay, an old 'b oy ~f · Tlecorruecli?tg .? imi!5~r J opinions. vVh~· I'll 1ien, r know. as" she drove · out of Government FernandJJ that c'ay.

01 SaLur- Cummings, gecwaphy master out all these frequencies L. but a 'live' performance of the orche0 • as Company Sergeant-Major in ·Q.C .. who so gallantly in the . 1e m ta1 s ,u.t. ias dedevic0 termed ?. dividing net- tra. the Queen's College Cadet last road race, ran in this year''s cided to stop h<'gging for. , T l11.ts it, .. ,pr·m O t l, at Hui,•, . House and at 3 p.m. , we saw her da:y morning we visited the at St. Stanislaus, hopes to in1 wort( accepts these signals, hen Th.e three Speaker Systems are Corps. He thus succeeds Wish- old boy's race ,.vith a. handicap o:f ru.·t10,es, crease his knowledge o~ the · 1 I t 1s · not on Jy t Jli' 1I you m a ke a decided e fort .,, . at the Queen's P ark Oval as she Regent Oil Refineries tr.en went splits them up Sf:ndlng· Bass fre- usual,y placed left, centre and to art, who is llOW in Englana drove around· and witnessed back to .Port-of-Spain.

On geography of thA region. These S yards.

He came in first with his , 1xtlis _ and Remove that rtre to help pi-oduce the 'L1ccu1' '"•· 90 studying, Thls fs the h ighest quen.cies• to Ba,s ~speaker and the right of the screen. "" some events 1mt on· for he,· Wednesday 9th of MariCh the two and the other~ aTe- all rank that can be a ttained by a trnck sUit of black and yellow, be blamed bnt tho ehtire will have to suspend prbd11ctit.,1. That night we iourricyed to San pcouts who came on tho Wiruni also going to see the interior. · Treble to the Treble speakers.

Not,e: In a monaural Cregul l') College studen_t and we heartily and appeared at t!).e prize giving school. The £fth· formers en- This win tmdoubtedly be a di~- F'emando. on Friday morning we left P ort-of-Spain fo1• GeorgeReproduction ir . greatly i m- film sound t1'ack· there is only . e The Lictor Staff· wish'. them congratu late hi fu on his achieve - ceremoriy , witll dll evening dress <lea.v ow us.uaHy to submit grace · bnt it will be your o. :1 ~rnemb!t:c:i orr Skinner's Pa1:-k, t own. We left on Tuesday 15th -proved -- but i~ stnr essentialfy sound ' track on . the film. W th ment. · , an adventurous and successfty 1 a sing·le source of sound, for ex- ster.iophonic so~md - there re suit ~ smoking ~ Ci$llil't UfViCl(}S1 ~Ut illUSt• an F'ernando and saw the Prin- and arrived safely in Georgetown tour.

Pictur~ shows George Nicholson, t1ead prefect presenfo•i,; Mr. Pilgrim w}th a • C. (ed.)

A . (F. Ed) C. R. C. IIIA. member the Newspaper is the G. (Ed:' cess again at a similar ceri:mony. on Wednesday n ight,'' silver pl:t !er on behalf of the school at the ceremony on At>ril 1st. amplp - an orchestra appears on; from four to seven sound

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Wednesday, April ,, 1955

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Gibbons, ex-pupil of the school, and better known to the sporting world, as a cricketer who has represented B.G., emerged as sprint champion U.C.W.I. Gibhons, who of wa$the sprint champion of the school in broke two fP('()rds. he covered the 220 yards in 22.2 seconds, and the 120 yards hurdles in 17 seconds.

Gibbons nlso won the 100 yards in 10 secs, and helped ·t he Arts faculty to win the 4x 110 yards Relay.

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The following bit of doggerel w as specially written by the Archbishop of the West J.ndies for Mr. E. 0. Pilgrim's Golden Jubilee April 19f>5.

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They haven't got no Bogus, Those boys outside Q.C., So in higher M6.thematics, Like the theory of quadratics, And t.he hard rules of dynamics, They find themselves at S'ea.

Mr. E.O. PLIGRIM on his Golden Anniversary at QUEEN'S

They haven't got no Bogus, Except in Petcival.

Their efforts unavailing, Before his might all q ua1ling, The other H ouses failing To win the tug-of-war.

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They haven't got no Bogus, In thrifty groups elsewhere, So in building school Co-ops., man, For saving or for shops, man, Queen's College comes out tops,

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Of many gen'3rations, Sainte his Jubilee.

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I think the school library should be open all dal' to the upper school for the purpose of Bcli tors: I. c. Goring. A. E. reading and refert>nee. The objection will be raised, and will be 1 Wharton. supported by th& fact that when F cat1ucs: G. A. Armogum. this experiment was tried by l SJmrts: G. R . Chung.

Mr. Sanger-Davies some books ! :\J z disappeared most likely stolen.

Acfrerti.~n11r11t Mum,yci: ' · ' The remed; I !>ropose ls to have Khun . a librarian whose only duty is Sales Manager: 0. A. Lord. ill connection with the library.

1 1 • •' • • t, 11 peruism·: 1\1r. S· R · R · Allsopp.

The musical society wa,; a very, good idea indeed ,but what has teco~ o! it? Unless it is due to 1 my negligence or lack of obser- , vance: I have not heard much of 1t tor <t\lite a while. Has it ~1ect ---[ down! I suggest a re-orgamsa":Few men mn claun ns n,iany tlon. '-'deep p<·1:s0nal achnirers M h~ lH_lt • " J' • -- t~""Y"r can equ.11 Ins Mr . Narayan must be. congratunone W l I« ~vv ' . .,. t " lated on the way ill which he has a,lec 1011.

I• · · th This is aptly suited to t us organised table tennis ill . e · entleman who has school, with the consequent rtse untirm g. iest ars of ser~·1ce in the standard of play. How1 given us, C0 11 ~ For years ever, one cannot but notice how to Queens , cg ~d his ,~orth the new table has deteriorated in he hl\S sen. ed us bl Many such a comparatively short space hits been unmerumrn e~ recall of time. r think that when the there are today who ca . Ii new tables are brought, one being lectured by hun. l\1y ~s! should be set aside specially for 1 Maths lesson Crom lum is qt t - school players and tournaments. vivid m my memory. We were Also. that a few rackets should all waiting on Thursday morn- be kept specially for tourna- 1 · f or 'Mr · Boogy' of whom m~ . men ts. ,ve had heard so many fantastic R. Persaud, VA. stories. Before long through • • • • the door came a short' :5· 4" I wonld Like to make known form with a white f.ringed through this medium the fact almost bald pate. For his ag•\ that, there is n general dislike there wf\s an tmconsc10~1l' fo,,. to the type o[ seating provided Some t,1me ago, tll<.re was widium in his walk and m t l., e in the Lower Fourth Classical an editorial m the 'L1ctor' reaquiline cast of his old face •n Form Room. The consensus nf fernng to how boys had tu rC'pose which expressecl the mn'?· opinion indicates that the desks be begged, conxed, t'xhortc•cl cent arrogan ce of his. '!1ind. Hrs and chairs that " ·e had last yoar almost forced to buy tltc· voice had a suprismg tone should be returned, thus replac- 'Lictor'. At present, a s1mih,r o{ respect almost as i{ ~e were ing those now in use. case 1s noticed exC'ept that n ow , addressmg the Supreme (;ourt 1',e argument that the pre- vou ha,·c to beg, coax and ex- I mstood of a. group of ym':°~sters. sent ty-pe of S<'ating minimises iiort the m to su bmit articles. \ \'e had reached the dec1s 1on he the noi,:;e cam;E:d by the dragIn a school of over six. hunwav a very amiable old 1.n nn. ging and knockmg over of desks dred boys only about filteen D,;ring the tt-rm his ~nthusr1tsm and ch(urs is a strong one, but arhc!es if so nurn~· a re s11b1:1pread through us hkf' n con· on the other hand if the boys mrtted when a 'L1ctor' 1s to be j tnf:lton and wo ~radua~ly .. c-ai~lo wonlcl exercise a little care, the produced and of tile 6.fteen into contact with lus a~te, noise would be eliminated. most of them an' seklom t;illy.fowl. goat, donkey'' antl his ~Ye suggest. Sir. that som~ worthwhile to print. api,arently hackneyE'<l 'booga· thing ought to be> .d one t.r, It is logical that when n paper . booy'. His " two scalei pan~ F1111cliontte tlus clepr<•:sstng state or per1od1cnl rs producec.l t.her... balancing so sweetly, so .neatly of affairs. would bE, some sort of C'r1t1c1sm'i. ,,eemed to be his fa ,•otmte, but Hopi.J:ig that this letter will 1Jn Q.C. the al!lount of critic·.. he was frequently interrupted catch the eyes of those con· we have 1s unbelievable. Cr1ticc; ABOVE: Mr. E. O. PIigrim replying to Sir FrM.k Mcl1a•ld's speech at the "Old S oi bv a diSS(lnter who murmured ct'Tned. are good for improving tlv• nor" given on Iii\ behalf. On Mr. Pilgrim' s ri&ht 1 jj .sttn Or, Wbbart1 the oldest, old• boy 11 "Crash, they overbalanced."

K.l\I.G.W. litllndard of a newspaper and ill' BELOW : Rory Ml..tr, captain of Perci>'nl H ouse presenting a gold tie-pin on bebaJf of I Yes, Mr. Pilgrim has spent A.F.B. the 'Lictor' there is room for 50 years 8'l1d J~ has never· reimpro,·ement. Ho~, ..,vhM.1 gretted onec moment spent here we approach these cr1ttcs to with us, and we .are happy ~o write anct suggC'St improvement; know he loves lus ,vork now, we find complete abstinence. even moro than he did W'Yoors E Pll .

E Generally, it is noticed that O , • . . grim, sq.

R I s· ti1 f ct sao c 1n the t>mo,-e orm T ,, . . . e followin« ,., · 1 . f 1 · u-st and Telegram from Old Boys of Q. . d ti anc t ix .__ ' "' · account was lead~rship of S. M. Hussein left He 1as grven o u s U<:'.

In Brooklyn N.Y. ure foun 1e gr(\O. est num,.,.-r recei1,ed from George Holder I Georgetown in the "S.S. SunMembers Ii has seen Q.C. p-ow £tom • • • • of critics who prf'fel' to just who went to 'I rlnldad as a re- brayton" for Trinidad to repre~ Society visit strength to strengtH. H~ has Mr. Pilgrim. Queen's College, •gaff' about the poor literar~, present&tlve of the Q.C. Troop sent British Guiana Scouts dur- ow.n.ed by :E heen like the careful parent Georgetown, B.G. standard of the newspaper, and on the occasion of the Princess's ing Princess Margaret's visit to more on T wiidmg Q.C. through her tur• • • • are not troubled to pick up ii ' vlslt.

J that island.

We stayed at t h e ;:;!be:s11!n bulent years without a blunder.

Old -Boys in U.S.. Jen'/ Adam- pen and send in an nrticle. [t j "On Thw·sday 27th January. a, Boy · Sco~ts Headquarters. the staff, na \\'e nil adinU'J'! him, this ever son, Dr. Basil Charles, Guy is noti.cenble thnt tbe Remo,·~] group of 10 scouts under the j Port-of-Spam.

Boland; c. f<mtling grand old m~n who Cozier, Dr. Cecil Joseph, Dr. is yet to contribute to th 'LieOn thP Saturday a!ter our Niles and R. may nppear aged, b11t IS y~un~ Godfrey Nurse, Dr Aaron Peters, tor' and in the Sixth forms, if arrival we took part m a comThe Party in heart. H 0 has personified Carlton iPollarc!, Dr. Philip more than four articles are rer the Queen's Coll~e petition with the Trinldadtan 8.20 a.m. by · · Stewart, Dr. Duncan Thorne . · · · · . I 'oice O scouts and were fou1-th.

The returned at . . . · all that is good and g Ionous 111 ce1vecl m an edition, a mn ac e student .and 1t rs time v:ou bP· next day, Sunday, we visited was supplie the school and we can neTer rt'· wish you retiring on Golden 1s thus performed. The Upper " In to sit up ,tnd thmk for th f .... ,.

B d of the Esta! =i hit 1 Jubilee after half century as S' b' b t tJ1e "' e amous ,._...,racas ay an compense 111 m or .- Y ' master at Queen's, Long years t::i..1. g e:xcnse 18 t'xam u yo nrselYC'S. spent a lovely halt day there. . The tour enough tribute- for his Hercu- Health, Happiness.

Lowe1• Sixth and Remove h avo I 1f you do not know what ,o On Monday rcorning we met mg one and lean tnsk 10 the half century.

Joseph .c. Morris. none whatsoever . . Thus we ti<'l' 1 write· ,re would be glad !.O the rest of our r.ontingent who thaj th~tmei When be finally retlre:s, I know • • • • ll bunch of o,·er . sixty students asfl1St Y0\1 bnt don't just sit down had arrived on the "Wiruni". :a s~~ <a part of E. O: PIIgrim win :reCongrnts first half century. in the Lower Sixths and Re· a nd be ab:-mrd. T oo o[te n hal-; At 3 r,.m. the n ext day, Tues- 1954. main in the h eart of each of us Best wishes second. move (all cr~tics) who are too th<- 'Lictor' staff hc<•n wnting up day 2nd or F ebruary, we Besides :t> be he a "i:;illy-fo,vl" or one Staff B.H .S. concerned with tl_1e1:nseh·e~ to alinost all of the articles. Your assembled with the scouts o! tou~ the trii: "as good as gold - you agree • • • • • trouble with submitting art1clM spoon fE'f'ding stugc is over. Port-of-Spain and environs at perience to with me."

Congratulation~. for tltt' benefit 0£ the school. You haYc to e'xpres~ your Government House and had our Annamunthado Boys. Most of ~hem ~ ml to wal) opinions ck•arlv and sub1111 t I~st ;limps; of ~ht 9Pi~ncess as around with a snnt ar mott<;> 1 tlu·m vohmtarii,, to tltC' n ew~- s e rove n.. .

P.m. on hear nothmg I sp€'ak nothmi;i; I D . b · l'k ti I Wednesdav mght we wltnp,gsed as that held 1 I take inten~t 1;1 nothing an,i paper. on.t e e wse ", w :i treme~dous display of fire- J Then the P1 · I I t k C'ome to ns and AA.V • tlwv ·11 l works given in honour of the spected and 1 from n ot imglto unot 1h£:,1 !med cl1sgruntlf'<l onr ct>rtnrn afTau-; Princess At. 9 a m the follow- We had down the du I wav ,,. 1c, ea s d f ·I . . . ti · · · a n nre a rat< to exprc -<"I H-tr Ing morning we saw the Princess of her a L . Yong-Kong was appointed Mr C. R. Pillay, an old boy of to ~mmg ?~tlun:ir hn d<"- opmions. Wh.,· I'll n<>vc·r kn ow., as she drove out of Government Fernando th as Company Sergeant-Major in Q.C., who rode S.'> gallantly in the . te editon a st · . s How,e and at 3 p.m. we sa.w het· day morn.in the Queen's College Cadet last road race, ran in this year''s etded t-0 stop begging for' Thu,. it nppt·,u_. tliat_ rnilt•-- at the Queen's Park Oval as sh" Regent Oil l Corps. He thus succeeds Wish- old boy's race with a handicap of articles. It is not onl:v th,• 1~·on ma ke a decidl'd• .<.'1101 t '• • drove ;round a nd witnessed back to art, who is now in England 90 yards He came In first with his- Sixths and Rt>incn·e tllll,t a r e .to ln:lr prodt1C'<' the 'L1Cto1' . .,.•. "Orne events i,ut on for her Wednesday study ing.

This is t~e highest track sltlt of black and yellow be blamed hnt the, entire will hal"e to su~pencl prod w·t 1, ,.n That night we iourneyed to S'l n Scouts who rank that can be attamed by a . ' I College student and we heartily an~ appearnd at the p1ize gjring school. The fifth formers en- Tl11s ,viii tmdouhtMly h<" a cli"-- 'Fernand~). o n Friday· morning we left Port-of. congratulate him on his aehieve- ce1 emony with cf.n evening dress dea.vow, usually to submit gntcc b11t it ,viii he your· own ii 11semb1 ed on Skinner's Park town. We 1, ment , suit, smoking a cl~ar. articles, but von nil most re- fault.

San Pemando and saw the Prin- and arrived .

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"Queen's College "!f'ins Humphrey Shield"

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Pilgrim· H ottse Wins· Championship Shield

HOUSE CRICKET' FINAi;

Willock Bowls Percival Hou se to Victory ·

EIGHT RECORDS TUMBLE Th~ , Annual Athelic SPorts was one which will long be remembPred for Pilgrim House, named after Mr E. 0 . Pilgr im, In the presen ce of a la rge emerged as wmners of Lhe crowd , among whom was a bevy Champion Shield for the first of g irls from " t heir sister time. The Gods must h ave been R onnie \Villock , 16-year old sch ool'', Queen's College em erge,l Ipleased for this is the year opening fast bo",ler of the winners of the Hw11 p hrey Shield, wh ich marks the fif tieth annischool, was t h e chief architect fo r Un der 18 Competition by versa•·y of Itrr. Pilgrim a·s a of P ercivH l H ouse's victor y beating St. Barnabas F .C. t o t h l:l maste;· at the sr hool, and it was O\'Or W oolley H ouse b y an run e of 2 goals to n il . This a just reward for such a n outmmngs and 35 runs. \Yillock, match w hich was pJayed on the standing ~ersonality both in hreezecl t hrough the \Yoolloy G. F .C. ground, was t h<' tlurd scho~l and m sp0rts.

House battmg van guard, and occasion on which t he two t<'flm'" MATHEWS ON RECORD 1 , e turne<l the r emru·k able analy m et fo r t h e t wo prcvioos match .

BREAKING SPREE I sis of 7 wick e ts for 6 r uns in es "~ere dra wn.

The la_rge crowd al:T'on !;l" whom Itlie first innings, finishing e,•enTI were His Grace, the Archtuallv with the ma tch analvsis 16 teams ' vei;0 c,·en I:' bish on of the West Indies, and f o f 12 wicke ts for. 31 run$. P iaymatch ed , and Queen s was aLle t h e \\·ives of the masters, saw ing second fiddle to Willock to forgo a head t hrough t h e ef- · eigh i new records set up, in fort~ o~ Bac~hus :'-~h o scor ed off addition to witnessing keen and was the ot her opening bowler a n mdrrect free kick , after the inter esting r ivalry throughout of th e Wight Cup 1ieam, Goring I k l _, " I The above picture shows R. 8. "1clds of Pilgrim House about to make the wh o secured 4 for 25 in t he · t' S·a <l" m s I goa eeper · 1a u car- the cta y. The ~pree of record b record-breaking 1·wup of 5' 8 3,~". Photo: L. Robin.son. ?nd 3 for 20 1·11 Jstr re t 1e a 11 . This goal was breaking was begun by young , u " scored at the 0th i.11inute, and Ted Ma tth ews of "C" House, surpas'> the old record of 4 feet t afterrioon to eclipse the old {innings.

Bowling accurately l it was the only on e to be scorep who nlso emerged Junior 7 3 ·4 inches held by J . L . Tait t. I rec0t·d of 2 min. 12 secs. for the or t l e greater part of the t ime, in t h e first ha lf.

Champion. Young Matthews, a Mattht"ws returned once more 880 yards held by L . M. w . Gc}r in g was only ov~r sha <lo~ed In lhe second half, play swung potential Colony Champion, set to win t he 440 ~·ards in anoti1er Bowling (1931 ), when he i-an bJ tl~~ more aggressive bowling fro m one h a ){ of the field to t h e up the first n ew r ecord for the recorc! t ime of f>7 secs, which the same disLance in 2 mins of \\ illock , a nd togethe_r t hese other, a n d it was Bacchus wh o day, when he returned the fast brok'? the old record of 59.2 8.8 secs. . ~w~ b owled unchanged m both on ce agai1;1 scored. In a solo run time of 1~.4 secs for the _100 ·/ secs held by R. c . Bacchus. This ; Dick Fields, was the n ext mn~gs .. d own, which brok e the monoto- yards. which brcke the previous was t h~ last record which a thlete to break a record. Clear"mnmg the toss, D . B . R ayn y of mid-field pla y, h e was able record by .6 secs. The previous ! Matthews set for the meeting, ing the cross-bar in the high man the skipper <>f P e rcival to beat the Saint's. goal-keeper, recora was t he sP~ond oldest r e-I for although i1e won the 120 Jump (Under 17!, at the h_eight Wicket . Th e WoolleyHouse wit h a powe rful left foo t sh ot cord, a nti was set m 1929 by D. A. ya rds bttrdles, ne was .2 secs of 5 feet 8 5 / 8 ms., he eclipsed have the first knock on a lively from just outside tf,e penalt; Fa rnum. and :.vas equalled in outside of th e presen t r ecord t he old heigh t of 5 feet 5 1/ 2 cricket. Tho w ·o olley H o1.1se a rea · \ Vhen the final whist ie 1937 and 1954 by G . Co;,ier and of 17 st:cs. ins. c reated by A D. Delph in 1940 ba t smen seemed una ble to find · - · bl tl Matthews respectively. A few "Maxie" Bacchus after having any remed y for the pace bowlwas own, le score was un- minutes later, Matthews eclipsed HOPE TAKES OVER seen two of h:s brothers' re- ing of ,vii lock and Goring, a nd cha n ged, a nd thus Q.C. bec~me the secc,nd record of the meetHo:Je, who emerged open cor ds broken, now decided to they were soon trundled out wmners o f the _H umpl)rey Shield in g, wh en he r0mped home an champion fo1• t he second sue- have a record of his own . for 40 runs. for tlie first time. . easy winner in the 220 yards, cessivP , ear, nov· took over the Rather unfortunately it was a n Starting very badl b losin After the conclus ion of the returning the time of 24 ·4 secs · reins of record breakino-.. from other one o1 his brothers' •· "NC · firs t w1c · k et wit '!h out y a ny g · I · ·" ti1eir ma te h , t l10 SIu o d was presented to beat the old record of 25 8 Matthews and s11pplied his quota whose record he broke when he tJ b d p · l to G. D. Nicho lson, th~ Captam secs. wh ich he held jointly with of nPw ;·ecords.

First of all, retw·ned the time ~f 2 mins Hruonusesonwerle bolart' etrc_iva I N . c . Bacchus. . . 19.8 secs, to beat the old record· ' th · e ·at · e o r e n eve o f tl1e Q.c . t earn, an d med as he sprmted the 440 yards m d 1 0 wer e also presen ted to the memMal.thews was now given a 53.2 secs, which was .8 sec better of e mins 22.8 secs.

1 e ~r ti-; ? s ~ . n ~nd d ebers of the Q.C. learn, by l\lr. brief rci.pite Crom his record than t he previous time of 54 · G.R.C. f 6eir T~nlfis c ose . at J. E. Ada ms. Presiden t of th e breaking spree as Rodney of i secs which was the time in Thus Pilgrim House winning . or · 'S, t ey a t tamed B.G. Y outh Council.

"K " House tooK over and broke which both I . R. King a nd F . El. the shield was another fitting mainly through il1e efforts of G R CHUNG S ort Ed the Under 13 recoi:d for High Mongul did the same distance "crown ,, for this grand old the three Raymans wl~o be. · ' p s " · Jump, when he topped the cross- in 1948 and 1951 respectively. man's a nniversary. tween themselves contributed bar a t 4 feet 8 5 / 8 inches to Hope, returned later in t he • C. (Sp. Ed.) a ll but 41 of tJ1e tota l score, " M.K." top scoring with 52 n ot out, ably supported by " D .B." who made 33 - the m ost su ccessful " 'oollev H ouse bowler b eing L ee wlio secured 3 for A party of master!:\ Messrs.

A Q.C. a ctivity a b ou t w~ich I means of a ralTJ(·.

F or 1055, so Car, (J an. -1\Iar.) , 49.

Irv in, _Chunilall, Wa_s on, R oc~c, t h e b oy~ m genP:al kn~>W ltttlej· Last yeru-, abo ut two a tota l of ar o und $ 740.00 h a <' The " 'oolley H ouse 2n d Cnmm~gs (St. Ston1shms), .~II or :°othmg, but 1~ wl11ch each t h ousand do llars was obtained been sff('nt, chief~· on cr ick <'t innings followed aln1ost t h e be. tounng t h at p a rt o~ the JO· bo~ takPs n pnrt, 1s that of the frorn present Q.C. boys , about an d athlettcs. For nickc>t, tht· same pattern of t heir 1st innten or around_M~. R orau_n a and Q.C. Games Clnb.

I S230.00 from Old Boys and money was use<! for r epairin~ ings and in spite of the re-: the MM..ar~ni river dnrmg the Th e m on ey comes from threP I fir ms, and the r emainder was sidesc1:eens scoreboards a nd a rranged batting order tJ1ey Easter holidays . main · sources. The suusc~iptions made up of t he b a lan ce fro m purch asing cricket gear. F or were a ll out for 65 runs. The On the 7th, they leave- George- 1of the !joys at pr!lsent m Q.C'. 1953 t ogether with the money athletics, the remainder was one bright spot of the battina town by sea-plane for lmba,1- ma ke up the bulk of• it, as each obta ined from the raffle of a used for buy ing cups for the was the batting of tlie ca ptai~ madai fronx wHich they go by b oy s11bscrioes orte- d blla r fifty bat. prize-winners, printing pro- Lee. who scored 40 runs ·o ut of f?ot and river, , vest South Wes~- cents per term, except for & st<>r' The following list shows how gramm~ , etc. the whole total of 65. WiHock, 1 wardly> for 8 da~s, to our R ora 1- term, when h e have a n , the, m on ey was spen t.

0 1:d Boys a nd firms contri- 5 for 25, and (foring, 4 for 25, .. . .. . $ l ,l tl2.:{8 b11ted a round. $250.00 were responsible for this de· m a . ~ter c~osiimg over to the additi? nal forty-eight cents for [ Crick et Brazilian side, they march a thle tic sports.

At hletics 679.78 bacle, and tlius, Percival House northwards through Ven ezuela, The second source of this Footba ll 336.39 Ther e's little differen ce be· was able to r etain the Cricket to the h ead-waters o.f t~,3 money is the donation of Olli · Hockey 114.77 tween a budding genius and a Shield by the handsome margin K a mara_n~, where they rema.m Boys and firms for purchasing Ta ble Tennis 87,36 b looming idiot. oi a.Q innings and 35 runs .

13,37 1 G. (Sp. Ed) a t a m is sion fbr 2- da.y~. Tf1ey prizes for the athlet~o sports. Vo lley Ball . . .

2 ~he~ go east, ~own the river , t? Finally, money for s.,o me specific l\fo:cella n eous 84.,12 - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - ---..:..:.:::.:....::.

1.t s JUDCt tye with the :M.azaru~,, purpose is occasionally raised hy TOTAL $2,4 18.9'; and cross the Meume mounta m ~ range to t he Kurupung. They Thi' present ieproduction in the i,creen - the Drums etc. on proceed north, up this river to Movie Houses is termed Monau- one side - the strings etc., on its juncture ,vith the Mazarun i, ral.

A sin gle Amplifier system the other. We "hea.r" the enand thence they go to feeds a sin gle f-!peaker System. tire orchestra - true enough Tumereng. Travelling b~· seaThe sin gle Ampl!fler ~Y or may as all the sound<: from the orpla ne from ther e back h ome on not have a dunlica te which is chestra a.re recorded on our film'thP 30t h, is t h e last stage. ~rou~ht into us•! in case of an but our two ears hea.r it from a \Vhile on foot they will each emergen<';v. single point soui·ce on the ha ve 2 or 3 Amerindian porters The Single Spea ker System screen. secured from missions in tl1a t may C<'r,tain fr~m one to six 'In stereophonic sound three or speakers. If th'.lr·: is one speaker, more separate ar.ipltlying systems area; l\fr. Irwin said that they th en it handles n!l the sound Ire- feed three or more separate were very careful in not hir ing quenci~<: from t he AntPUfler and Speaker Systems.

Seventh Day Adventist porters, converts it into audible signals. In the same scene of a.n oras the'\"' do n ot travel on Saturone a mpltlier and it is clear, the n tha t Bass and chestra d ays. · Treble will be handled by a single Speaker System will be reproEach portl"!' charges $ LOO n speaker if only installed. Alter- ducing for e.g. the m -ums - the day and so each per son pays n atively - two to six speakers next arr.plifler and Speaker sysa b out $50 for porterage; t}1is are usually employed - one or tem the wind instruments anu a. forms t he m ost part of tJ1eir more h andling the t reble fre- t hird - the ~t! ln gs etc. expenses. which come up to quencies and one or more h andIt is thus cleAr that a t least between $ 150.00 and $ 200.00. ling t hP bass frequencies. th ree sources of sound will imM:r. Irwin is going to collect pinge on our ear drums - very botanical specin1ens while l\fr.

As ur.ual the Amplifier sends much as if we wf!rc llstenlng to a Cummings, g<>(\<p'aphy m aster out all th ese freq uencies ~ but a 'llve' performance of the orchcsat St. Sta nisla us, hopes to indevic!' termed ?. dividing net- tra. creaso h is knowledg<' of the work accepts these sign als, then The t hree Sp~aker Systems are geography of th~ region. These splits them up sr:nding Bass fre. usualiy placed l eft, centre and to two and the others are all quencies to Bac,s spea.keT a nd the righ t of the screen.

Treble to th e Treble speakers. also going t o see the interior.

Not.e: In a monaural (regular) Reproduction ii: greatly im- film sound ti'ack there is only- oneThe Lictor Staff w ish the m proved -- but i., still essentiall:Y sound track on the film. With an adventurous and su ccessful a.a single source o! sound, for ex- stereorihonic sound - there are Picture shows George Nicholson, head prefect presenting M-r. Pllgrim with a tour. ~ilver platter on behalf of the school at the ceremony on April Jst. a mple - a n orchestra appears on , from four to seven sound tracks.

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· Of Q.C. Society .. ~more the Q.C. Science the Sugar Estate kers at Pln. En;day, 5th April, :1:y comprised 50 ,ther members of ,ly Messrs. C . M. . Barker; J . J . . Lee. ft Georgetown at special train and )0 p.m.

L u nch by the Mem bers ; a ve ry interestwas the first time irs of the Society ice the formation , in September , g a n ed\1Cational so gave some exmembers.

11/.R. (LVI M l. a t Port-of-Spam. ~ss came and inke to a few of us last glimpse r she left San fay.

On Saturwe visited t he neries then went t-of-Spaln.

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