The QC Lictor - December, 1957

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"Onward, Upward, .May We EYer Go !11

Q.C. HOLDS ALL FACULTIES SHOW THEIR M E'ITLE THIS term Queen1s College is staging a grand exfl hibition in wh ich all the faculties will be · represented.

Beginning from Monday1 December 9 and continuing for one week1 the school will be thrown · open daily to visitors for the purpose of vfewing the various works of the students who have pre. pared for the exhibition.

F or· th ose who aspire to great heights Students who wish to enter Ule u.c.w.I. should possess the following requirements under tither Scheme I ~r Scheme II. SCHEME I:

The student must have passes at tha G.C.E. examination in five subjects of which at least two must be at "A" level.

SCHEME II:

The student must have passes in four subjects of which at least three must be at "A" level.

No student under the age of 17 will be admitted to the Coller;e.

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An A:·ts student must have among his qualifications, passes at "O" or "A" level - EITHER <a> in English {b) two other languages of which at least one must be a classical language, ~R (a) in English (b) one foreign language. The annual tuition fee for degree courses in Arts is £20. / Applicants for entry to _the first }.t'B course need no requirements Gt. the College. Applicants who are exempt from the first ~.B. examination may apply fo; direct entry to the second M.B. course Direct entry to this course will depend on the merits of each case and on the amount of space · available. candidates will be deemed exempt; if they have the following qua.li1lcations : Physics, Chemistry Zoology .. a,~ "A" . level and Botany at ..o or "A" level. The annual tuition fee is £50.

ASSUM ED In respect of all degree courses which include a study of Physics Chemistry or Mathematies, a previous knowlege of Maths up to "O" level is assumed. Before he is allowed to study for the B.S.c degree, the candidate must have passed three science subjects two at "A" level. The annual' tuition fee for this course is £25. · It should be noted that the 1nnual fee for board, lodging and simple medical attention during academical terms is £135. This does not include laundry charges.

At the beginning of his course each student 1s required . to deposit -£25 Caution Mone~ which is returnable when the st~dent i s leaving.

The U.C,W.I. collaborates with the University of London and students may obtain London University degrees at the U.C.W.I. I hope that this lnformati6h will be of some- use.

E. A. C. THOMAS, 5th Clasm:,.!.

The la.st time tha* such an exhibition was staged here was in 1954, when, only tbe Seier.Ce faculties were represented.

But this time, visitors will be treated to a fine display which we are sure is bound to please. Here are some ot the things awaiting you.

MAC BETH The English faculty ·wm be staging "Macbeth" as their contribution to the exhibition while the Spanish and French students will present a group of French and Spanish songs on Speech day.

The play Macbeth has been under preparation for some time now and the producers assure the public that when the curtain rises on their opening performance on Monday 9th visitors wUI be enthralled with the magnificent stage settin,r Q.D.d superb acting of the boyg.

GRAND EXHIBITION

SO CIETY

The newly-formed Historical Society has planned an interesting Exhib.ition copsisting of boys dressed in costumes relating to various historical periods, photographs, portraits. extracts from declarations. a lake, a villaq;e and some exhibitions of primitive weapons.

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O new masters arrived this. term. They are Messers.

Insana)ly and Jackson. Mr. S . M. D. Insanally, who was runner-up for the Guiana Scholarship in 1952, won an Arts Scholarship to the u.c.w.r. in 1953. There he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree and Diploma in Education . The latter quaU.tlcat1on was obtained on a ~ t-graduate scholarship.

The "Sheik" has quickly become a favourite o! the boys and he thinks that the school spirit ts "as wonderful as ever."

WELCOME Mr. R. E. Jackson left school since 1948, In 1954 he wa.s awarded a Conditional Scholarshjp by Government.

He studied at Leicester Untversity, obtaining an Honours Degree in Ma.thematics. Whlle at school Mr. Jackson was a member of Raleigh House.

Also back are Messers, Brown, Trotz and Narayan who all now have Degrees from British Universities. "Well done!" says the ''Lictor" to all these gentle-

men.

At the beginning of term Messers Yansen and Boland returned from holiday. The Principal will soon be with us a gain.

During the August holidays rn the Spanish nn<1 French Messers Allsopp, Rock, Lee and Niles left the Colony on study faculties the difficulties of arranging an exhibition of a 1 leave. Best of luck! language may be well appreciated. A play comes readily LEAVING to mind, but in this case this was not possible because "MacMr. H. R. fPersaud, our popubeth!' was occupying the stage. lar Hlstory Master, wlll be However, the <Ufflculties have leaving at the end of term to 1,een surmounted a n ct lhe take up his recent appointment as Government Archivist. We Junicn· Choir will ,.reg-al<' m congratulate Mr. Persaud and with a lullaby from Brittany at the same time regret his and another rrench soni. while loss, as it will seriously weaken de Navidad" is a "Canto our tutorial stair.

Spanish presentation.

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We would also like to welcome back a familiar figure amon~ us. H e is Mr. J. A. Rodway who has been sent to us once more from the Education Department Mr. Rodway is Senior Education Officer, and in welcoming him back we say "Hello once more, glad to see . you aboard.

:\f!CIIAEL WISHART. The Art Exhibition will pre<Features Editor) . sent.. Lettering Cthe new Simple ' Block Alphabet has been introduced to the school and has been carried out well by most ')f the boys>. Murals designed by first formers can be seeri and an unusua1 pair of mobiles :\olodern Language Faccallt·<i ,the> Sputniks ? will be ulty is showing this excelon show. lent educational lilm as part of the School Exhibition on MAI N ATTRACTION two evenings. Visitors to. the exhibition on Tuesday, 10th The Science faculties, conand Thursday 12th December. sistin c:>: of Physics. Qhemistry. may finish off their tour of Biology promise to be t he main the exhibition in the Prep.attraction nf the exhibition and form room, and sit down to we will suffice it to suy that a listen to a demonstration Jesfine collection of prehistoric r,::m in which Mr. L .

W. animals, &lectrical devices.

Keates will show the film possibly a model "Sputnik," The film is short-twenty teiant crystals, mo<Jc>I fire exrnil1utes. and shows a day in tinguisher.s and the like will be the life of a typical French on show. The Math~ people family. A short commentary is have as<:fmbled P varle" pr:,.. to be gh·en. iri English for thb' gramme whi::h is bOlind tr benefit of visitors. please even those who do not .-1-p'i:we that surll a lhi ,., a.r r The t:.lm is brand new, haYMaths Exhibiti:m could o~ ing arrived in the Colony less prepared. lha·n a week ago. It will form part of the normsll educ'lt;onEDITOR. al c.quipment of lhe college.

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College ha:s been rca ju,il deul of altentlon lately. Earlie1· th!:; yea1· i1 was ,;uggested that the Preparatory Form should 1.!e al.>oJishecl in lOW. Th is is a \\ i:se move by Government. NO\\' some [»!rents may feel lhat their ,C'lns ai·e b<>· ing robbed of a Cl1ance of attend ing Queen's al an early age anct becoming pupil>i of the le<1ding secondary school in the country.

"ABOLITION" Thlli is because it ls most diffi. cult tt> enter the school in the first form than In the "Prep."

They may feel ,-o now. uut they should realise that their son:. would be better off i f they altended & public school for the year which they would have :;pent in the "Prep." Th is period is vital in th~ academic training of a child.

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weak in Engllsh and Maths when he reaches the Sernor School.

This ls because he mis-'e<l that vit,il \ ear n •fcr1'c>d to enrli.er.

Be~use of the lnadequa~· of accommt ndation here. entry is at 1 premiumn. The relative advnntage to be gnineu b y dmitting stuuems \\ ho n:n-e ., i u I primnn school trnining o,·er those wl~o have not. makes ajiolition of the "Prep" necessary.

GREAT! Latt.!ly there iins l.J.:cn talk of awarding a third Guiana ::.cholar ship. Th is is \·ery govd r,e\\ s for students here.

Again, there Is talk of abolishing the i\f'ddle SC'hool Scholarship and using the money to train technici ans. Thi;; is another wise move.

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Recently a team of Government in,;pcctors visited the school in order to nrnke u n·port. We hope lhis repart will be favourable. \Ve here at Quc>en·-, , ' uc·<'rely hope lhal tl:ie school \\ ill continue to hen~fit from Go\'et men t ,E. A .

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A NEW SOCIETY IS BORN QN Friday

18th October the Queen's College Historical Society held its inaugural -meeting. It was well attende<l. and alter a draft constitution had been read and adopted. with a few amendments, the election of Office-Bearers then took 1 place. The following were elected to the Executive Committee for the year 195758.

President: M. Taharally; vice-President, W. A. Rodney,.

Secretary; K . M. G. Wishart.

Treasurer; H .

Niamatally,.

Committee Members, R. Layne, and A. R. Brutua

In a short speech at th!! conclusion of the muting the newly elected President naid due tribute to Mr. H. R. Persaod and to Mr. C. J . E.. Barker, whose efforts and i•1it1ative it was that had come to fruition.

SUCCESSFUL Since then the Soeiety has held two highly successful. meetings. The first was a lecture by Mr. P . H . Daly who spoke on: "Some avenues for r~arcn in local history... and the second w as also a lecture, this time by popular member of the staff Mr. R. Moore on: "The life and times of Toussaint Overture:· Right now the society is making plans for its part in the School Exhibition which the different faculties are staging.

The chief attraction will b~ a costume pageant depict'ag different men and ages of hi9tory.

It is expected that t his society will take- its place as the most stalwart of our sc-hnol ;;oc·it>I ic>s. '

WALTER RODNEY.

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PRESENT BEAT ·PAST On Friday 22nd Novemb~r. the Queen's College Literary and Debating Society held a memorable -neeting. The subject, proposed t,y a t e a m of O I d B o y s comprisin g of Me!'S, s .:\!cDoom, Jackman and Fields and opposed 'JY Mess1s Miller, Rodney. and 3pence, was "that B.G. is rioe for ·elf-government."

The dining,all. in which the meeting was held, was packed with members ,f both sexes. The panel of judges consisted of the Hon. Brindley Jen!1 Ministe:· cf EJuration . M1· 0rn carter, and D,·, Barrow, aJl hre~ or ,,·hom pra1 e1 the hith t::mdr..rd of the debate.

Mr. Carter, who announced the judge's decision that the ooposition had won , stated that in his

dav the so::i~~:· did n:t have female guests, and that evi~ ntly "things were looking up". The Hon. Brindley Benn took pains to ooint out that the opposition won only on the arguments put forward, and t,hat he personally felt that B.G. is ripe for selfgovernment. The third judge. Dr. Barrow, was inost entert:air ing. and he was so lmpl'essed with the debate that he snlcl he would attend ma ny more meeti!1~S of the society as a m<'ml>er o f the at.. hence. At t he conclusion. Mr_ Moore, the supervisor, said that he felt the 'petticoat!:· had i 1spired both judges and debators.

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HILE looking at the Exhibi• tlon the following route ia recommended to ensure a mini. mum of walking:- starting from the basement (just outside the lobby) proceed West to the Chemistry Labs. Next prooeed up the sta ircase outside the Library and continue to go up by: t he next flight of stairs. When you have arrived at t,he top floor turn left for the Art Exhl:b ition.

On leaving the Art Room travel East along the same oonsider, stapping a t Rooms, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Next proceed to the History Room (on the same floor)' at the Eastern end of the building. On leavlng the H istory Room descend by the staircase just outside it. turn right and vJsit the Geography Exhibition.

Then, u sing the stairs outside the Geography Room, return to the basement corridor where you will find the Biology and Chemistry Exhibitions. The next step a rtenvard.<: is straight Into bed.

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'Thursday, December 5, 1957

"Why Volley Ball What ! No silent

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Editorial, Board EDITOR - D. M. GRAY ASST. EDfl'OR - W. A. RODNEY FEATURES EDfl'OR K .. M. G. WISHART SPORTS EDfl'OR - W. G. GREEN "TREASURER - R. F1ELD-RIDLEV , ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER - R. NIAMATALLI •SUPERVISOR - MR. L W. KEATES DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

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Independence THE ultimate goal of British Guiana is independence within the Commonwealth.

But before this can be a chieved economic independence must first be attained.

Conseque9tly the leaders of the present Government should ·strive to increase agri<:ultural production on this, a country whose dependence on a griculture one cannot gainsay, and to promote industrial -production as efficiently a s possible, so fhat the large popu lation of unemployed may e njoy a few days of employment yearly and come to regard all form9 of aid and p rivileges as belonging to t hose whose productive activity have made it possible to maintain them.

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Needlesg to say, such a scheme requires large amounts -0f new capital, training in new skills and a shifting of the .accent from agriculture to industry. The Mini9ter for Trade a nd Industry has announced that he is -shortly to issue a blueprint for the industrial development of the country.

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The cessation of the scenes of wild disorder and fanatic s peeches which characterized the eventful year 1953, has brought a 9ense of relief to all Guianese, while the recent r emoval of the Emergency Orders which had hung like a mill-stone around our necks ior four y ears. points to a renewed confidence from the Colonial Office in the coun try. This, we feel sure, is due to the fact that the leader of the new Government has realized the folly of an extremist policy which would alienate the feelings of the people and which would only bring dis' aster to the country. We, the inhabitants of this country, are looking forward eage_rly to a period of governmept when the frustration about which the leader of the Majority Party spoke will vanish and in its place a cohesive government whose cogent policy with regard to industry will be stimulated by an influx of large-scale capita, inv1fatents in the Colony .

Already we have seen l\<)pe;ful signs. Whether it is purely for convenience or not, t here seems to be' an unlimited store of confidence , in the government which bodes well for fut ure industrial developm ent.

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26.11.57 Sir-, l wish t hat you would get something done abou~ the mosq uito menace in school.... The other daY. ln the Geography Room, I was bitten no less than 20 times. Isn·t Princess Margaret oomingto British Guiana?

I'm sure tha t she will visit Q.C. If she does, and she ls assailed by a horde of mosquitoes, what in the world will she think of the school? If she does go to the Sea Wall she will be assailed by the raveo,dus horde of mos. quitoes.

I think t hat she will say that she ls sorry that such a country is under British rule.

What is the Mosquito Control doing? I can't say that I've seen that they h ave done much.

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Sir-, "There is no peace for the wicked". AB schoolboys we are all to some extent wicked. and my first statement ls true when we consider one grievance w hich we have to endure. When we really need some quiet, it Is j ust then that the driver of "Buxton Pride" chooses to test the strength of his hom, or the motor-cyclist decides to "rev'', and all this just outside t he school.

The only way to remedy this Is t.Q._ ask the pro~r authorities to make the area around the school a silent zone, so that when we want two minutes silence we can really have it.

Yours respectfully, v. o. Insanally.

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is the school having Volley Ball and not B asket Ball? Many basket ball fans of the school were hoping that a basket ball court would be laid down and would have been glad to lend a helping hand but were terribly let down when they heard that a Volley B all court was to be built instead. I am hoping that this will catch the eye of the games master and the principal.

Pro Bono Publico, La Rdinae Colleqium.

ROHEE, D. ·Form III B.

(FEA'l'URES EDITOR)'

Q.C. continues to fight fire When y ou're ·1· . .. sm11ng

T HE School has acquired the last word in fire equipment in the form of a separate fire-alarm ~stem which is connected to the telephone N Tuesday Nov. 26th, at 8.30 lines and the fire department.

Previously. a fire alarm was p.m. the members of the Q.C. One day a mother carried sent out by a number of short her teen-aged daughter to a Science Society along with the rings of the electric bell but doctor and explained to him Science students of Bishops' High that the girl, who sat shyly this method was a bit confusSchool, went on a tour of the staring at him, coughed all ing and delaying. The confusContinental Biscu it Fa ctory and night, every night. The doctor ion lay in the fact that the the Bank Breweries Ltd. on the said that the girl's chest sound of the electric bell was should be exposed so t hat he East Bank. Those making the so normal that its real significould make an examination. cance in the event of a fire tour were divided into t wo When the girl was ready he might not be brought home to groups one under Mr. Boland put his stethoscope on her those who could hear it at And t he other under Mr. Ramsamchest and said with a smile, once. Valuable moments could "Big breaths". my, and on arrival at our destina' Sir, ls it <'Ompulsory for boys of thus be lost, resulting in Instanly her shyness thawed. serious consequences. The new Queen's College t o play games if tion. Mr. Boland's group went to ' ''Yeth," she ;replied proudly, alarm system combines an enjthey are picked by the captain? the biscuit factory while the "and I'm only thixteen." tirely new and strident tone Some pa rents do not believe their& with other group began the tour of E. A. C. THOMAS. an instantaneous relay i::ons when they say they have 6C. At the t he modern brewery. of the news about the conflagames I would very much like ~ration to the Fire Dept. Thus bri,wery, our breath was taken the proper authorities are i,omcthing to be done about it away at the sight of the modern WHO'S WHO 'l notified earlier than formerbeduse some boys could never equipment and picturesque setly, and valuable moments in get to play' games. l'lea~e reply ting of the wh ole factory · and The man was arguing with his which untold damage can be If It is compulsory and see what no less can be said of its neigh- wife as they drove along the wrought upon a wooden buildcountry l'oad. Finally they stoping like ours by a serious fire, you can do about boys who a re bour, the 'biscuit factory. At ed ·speaking when they saw a are saved. not believed by parents when 11.15 a.m .. we reluctantly. wend- mule.

We are pleased to see that they say they have games. ed our way home, (somewhat "There's one of you relatives," Queen's College is continuing Yours truly, unsteadily on our cycles and he snapped. the fight to help preserve the "Yes", she answered, " by K.D. safety of the community and with heavily loaded pocket!') maniage." no pains are being spared to V. C. CAMBRIDOE after an interesting educationa I to acquire the correct equipment. and satisfying tour. velopment and for ceasing to (5':h Classica,·.

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W.S.A. 5 security hinges on two agriNUDIST NABBED! Unclothed cultural oroducts has always man who admits brandishing pisbeen stressed.

There if.' no tol, is charged with carrying a concealed weapon. doubt that such industrial changes cannot take place K. M. 0. WISHART. overnight, so that for somP Si~ regret to say that grea t d1sapMoreover, I am informed that time to come, the economy of pointment -seized the boys of the at the end of the last success the country will remain ag- fifth and sixth forms when it was Iparty, the Principal congre.tulated rarian, but surely we should announced that no success the boys on their good manageall like to see more of such " bounce" could be held during the ment, and promised them the hall industries as Bank Breweries school period, but that any such for future occasions. It has been The morn i9 so peaceful and so Ltd. and the prono:;<'d chip- engag·ement would h~ve to wait rumoured that the standard still, board industry. Such indus- until the close of school . , achieved at the recent examina- A9 though it is encllanted bY. .a trial development can be seen The boys have been awaiting tions, are below that of..!ormer magic spell in the neighbouring countries the results of the G.C.E. for the years, but I do not feel that this can be made an excuse for re- The sun rises -o'er the distan t hill, of Trinidad and Jamaica. past five months, and have looked fusing the celebration. If •tl1e1·e And the birds ~hant In the nearby forward to the day when they The setting up of an Indus- would be able to celebrate their was no celebration, the results dell. trial Development Company successes. Now, after all that long would steadily deteriorate why? to conduct research into natu- wait, their hopes have been shat- ;t'he boys need encouragement. I The peasants awake to look t The boys look upon this Therefore Sir, I repeat thl1t there th . h r'd . ,a ral resources would, we have -tered. "bounce" as a compensation for has been great disappoil).tment , eir e s no doubt, serve to attract all their hard work, and I am but sincet·e)y trust that the boys F armers take tr.eir good~ to the inveotors from abroad to join ure that any conscientiotl§ work- would take it in good faith. Cheer markiets, in helping development of rlw "r would know the nauseatinl;' up lads ! · Little boY!l rise to shw.. at tqe country. xeeling experienced, if at the end Thanking you. birds I remain, And peasant giri.'S take their ·eggs, In this industrial age thP of a hard day's labour, his mas, p.R.S. in basket9. pove(_ty and slums of British ter refused him his wages.

Guiana a country whose poi : t ential has been remar~ed tludd!ng athletes traJn for an h enC upon by those who know, ahead, • should practically be no()-~X•J I Whit~ the little nouoo.wife looks (GRADUATE DENNA STATE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY' isten t, an(! in the place of the at, her home • I' slums we should prefer to se~ 175 Midale & an~ Waterlo<? ~treets, .G.T.1 ·1 The gardener looks after his fi: o wei' factories, new s<:hools, hospitbed ' als and other mgns of a c,ounA W ORD . •• · I !.

And 'the little boys start to r9am. try which has set its foot on I I th~ road to development It TO THE W ISE The stars have gone is therefore the 1ob of Dr. ' • I And '-he sun has come ·, Jagan and his government to r •·.

C~E . .• work wholeheartedly towrrds Soon the morn will have gone, tJ f-: ·A nd noon will come. the ultim:ite goal of · his OF YOUR EYES' ! count r y. ~ C.H. Meertlns.

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Thanking you tor your kind att ention.

I remain, Yours sincerely, D. All. bitten person.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957 '

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CADET CORPS AUTUMN TERM, 1957:

At the beginning of this T erm , the following promotions w er e announced-COMS G. R. Insanally to Company Sergeant Major, Sgt. Archer to Staff Sergeant, Opls. Austin, Dennison and Roberts to SgtS, L /.Cpls. Pairaudea-u and Ridley to Cpls. and Cuts.

J ofio, Wharton and Robinson A.C. to L /.Cpls. In the absence ot Lt. Rock who is at present out of the Colony on vacation, Cdt. Officer Too-Chung w as apPolnted to act as Adjutant and 2 i/.c of the Company.

Recruits were enrolled and are now undergoing tra ining in Foot Drill under B.G.V.F. instructors.

This t erm the training program.me fo r the Cadets took the form of Weapon Training mainly-Sten, Bren, and Rlfle.

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'l'he highlight of th e Term was u ndoubtedly t he annual Remembrance Day parade which took place on Sunday, Nov . 10. Under 2 Lt. Clat'ke and Cdt. Officer Too-Chung, t hirty-six ca d ets marched smartly in brilliant su n. shine to the-Cenotaph Square, and there participated with the other units in the solemn and impressive ceremony. E xcept for a few hitches, the Cadets d id their best and turned in a creditable performance.

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expected that attendance and general interest will increase next year, G. R. INSANALLY,

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As is cus tomary, the scllool will be producing one of Shakes peare's plays this year. "Macbeth", which is ~e set book that t he 5th forms are studying for their G.C.E. examinations, will 1be staged in t,he Hall on December 9th, 11t h and 13th, wtih a matinee performance on Saturday 14th . The cas t is drawn mainly from the Fifths. Rehearsals have been going well under the competent direction of our English Mast~r, Mr. Clayton and a first-rate production ls guaranteed. Mr. Grassle, Art Master, and a band of faithfuls are working on the stage and the costumes are being pr epared by Mrs. Clay. ton.

Everyone is urged to come (its cheap enough) and see a really fine performance.

Ranjeet Singh.

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5th Classical.

It has re~~ntly ibeen publi!::hcd in B.G.V.F. orders that Cdt. Officer Too-Chung has been commissioned by the Volunteer F orce to the rank of 2nd. Lieutenant and is seconded to t he Q O Cadet Corps for service iu tills unit.

This is very good indeed, and the Corps extends its heartiest congratulation to 2nd Lt. Toe> Chung.

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,.. .. a gain t he J acob Cup is O NCE in our safe-keeping. Thanks ,-,... -

again the sterling perONCE fwmances of a Queenis College boy has caused t he name of t he school to be lifted high in the field of sPort.

Our hero Is non~ other :than Malcolm Khan, whose outstanding performances in the recent Jacob CUp matches against St. Stanislaus and Berbice High, are undoubtedly contributing factors to the Impression he has created on the B.G. Cricket Board of Control. This 17.year-old all rounder was recently named among the 30 players called to practice w ith a view to selection to represent B. G. against f'aklstan in ~ :vlarch next year.

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Khan who has been representing the school in cricket for some time now, played a real captain's role in the last. Northcote CUp season, emerging with an average of over 40 runs per innings and an aggregate of some 600 runs, while t aking mor e than 30 w ! c. ket:s.

mainly to the efforts of Khan Ramprashad, Mootoo, Nicholson in the match a gainst Berbice High School.

The match against -Sa ints was a personal triumph for skipper Malcom Khan. Firs t time out as skipper, Malcom won the toss and decided to bat on a perfect E.I.C.C. wicket . Queen's then rattled up 408 for 6 declared, the largest total ever in a J acob Cup match. Khan made 141, Ramprashad 119, and Mootoo 60. Khan and Ramprashad shared in a record second wicket partnership of 236 runs.

Saints ,b atted and-were skittled out for' a mere 129. Nicholson got 5 for 32, Khan 4 for 30.

The match ·against Berbice High was ours from the start.

Ber bice won the toss aod decided to bat on a perfect Y .M.C.A. wicket, but they were bowled down for 86. McWa.tt claimed 4 for 23, Willock ·4 for 29. Queens scored 192, J:Cha.n

65, Ramprashad 35 and Nicholson 81. Berbice batted again and scored 140 for 3, but anyway Queen's won on first . innings.

Because of these games, as far as cricket here, in this school is concerned, the name · Khan is fast becoming a religion and Ramprashad's is well on its way. Special mention must be made of D. 0 .

Niles who kept wicket extremely well during these matches.

ROGER M. ISAACS, (Lower 6 Classical).

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At the moment, two Russian' earth sateilites are circling the earth at fantastic speeds. Sputnik 1 weighs 185 lbs and is 523 miles up in space. Sputnik II weigh s half a ton and is 923 miles up in space. Their haunt insz beep ...... beep . ... beep has Christm as joy will un- been heard by radio stations and It is the hope of all I am !!,Ure doubtedly b e em an ating from these satellites are being studied that succes!!I may follow hlm not the Q.C. compound as this by space scientis ts. season draws near. only in t hese t r ials but wherever Russia therefore has the lead First on the list of parties and whenever h e may be play i s the annua l Pre fects p arty and America Is running a rat h er which is scheduled for uncertain second. The f act t h at ing in t he fu ture.

December 20th. This date is we are living in a ~ cientific age however tentative and may be:! h as never been more patently exSPORTS EDITOR. chanied to t b.e 19th if pos- hibited . Does Queen's College have an y "bra ins" to compare sible. with these Supermen of Science?

The next "jum p-up" is that This, the most advanced school planned by a group of boys in the area must now endeavour, who r ecently p assed their more than before, to persuade -G.C.E . " 0" level e xams. The ir boys t o s tudy scientific subjects. party will be held on the 27th Who knows, we m ay h ave a a nd as thege l ad s have big fut ure scientific leader with us , right now! plarui it ought to be a success Added to these are the usual Come on Queen 's, t h e space HIS year th~ Lictor is s?OnsorHous~ · Socials which should age is h ere. Let us h ave more ing a competltion. It lS proa ll help our boys t o have n scientist s wh o can join in m aking posed to award two prizes, of a " Happy Xmas" and r e turn in interplaneta ry travel a reality. suitable na~ure and considerablla 1958 willing ready and a ble to Book your seats now! value, one for the best article excel in ac ademic activities. of t he year anct th e other for J . BUTCHEY. W. LLOYD uREEN, the best lettbr . It should be L .t..M .

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war with the West. The Sovie.t The entire Corps has been Union launched t hte first earth. satellites. Thi s a chievement;., along measured for another uniform.

With the issue of these, general with other advances in the missile fie,'d, has been fully exploited by turnout and smartness of appearthe Russians, who have proved ance should definitely improve. masters in the art of propaganda.

We were disappointed by t he nonThe threat of war over the Suez ar rival of Brigadier K en Crllen issu e cou ld not h ave caused mor e to the Colony but we ar e neverof a furore in the U .S.A . Th4e theless looking forward to his • Americans are now forced to visit early next year . gear their administration along At the time of writing this resimilar lines as the Reds, but port, plans are afoot for an ex· t his is tantamount to an admistensive night manoeuvre during sion that totalitarian methods are t he last week of school. This better. th an t he lr own, so it is no should prove to be quite interwonder' t hat Amercans are woresting and remunerative. ried. F urthermore Mr. KhrushThroughout the , Term, Cadet ch ev has promised to outstrip activities have been severely aft he West in peace-time producf ected by School games and the tion within a few years'. This is current exh ibit ion. This is a la• a challenge to t he free world.

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They are Walter Rodney and Mi chael Wisha'rt who were first and third respectively.

Both boys chose for the subject of their essays-"Do you t hink the U.N. will be able to maintain lasting peace?"

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QUEEN'S

"11c,;. Kolf in particular giving an ohject le~son in how to pla~ l'l'!l· tre-half in the third-back type of game. Aftel' repeated attacks inir iatcd by our halve::; especiall v Thompson. the colleges drew • tn·i;~ IJloo<.I. Play was restr icted to s@c-saw battle acr·oss the centre line in \\·hich the slightest mistake meant that one lost the ball.

. llarvy r.wo months ancr thl'ashing a .school Xl in Suri..nam, to Lhe LUO(! o! 13-nil, the l',u ri-num.

National Youth Team. visited Drit· i.,;h Guiana. In all f~it'ne:;s to that team. it must be saiu that in contained only three regular school players. and lhus its defeat can in some measure be excused. Ob- · vtously we thirsted for revenge; buL were deiti~d the opportunity, a,, the onJy match we took par• in :ur,ai..nst them, we had to combine with St. Stanislaus. The rival college St. Stanislaus contributed six men to the team, Camacho, Hazlewood, Thompson, Grant, Serrao, and Mahangar Flushed with hope we enter<.'d the fray_

YOUTHS

season's Wight

·Cup performancc by the "Water-Boy'' O UR Wight Cup team is now pure ly a school-boys' a ffair. After captaining the team half-way through, our energetic Mr. London has decided to relinquish his post t o member of t he a present school. Mitchell captained us for a few matches and when he left school, "Kelly" Saul took over.

EQUALISE

DISAPPOINTING

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Well our performance last season was somewhat disappointing - we finished last but one from among fourte en competitors. We won the following on 1st innings: C.S.C.: C.G.C. ; St. Stanislaus lost to the following on 1st innings: E.I.C.C. ; B.G.C.C.; M.S.C. ; G .C.C. and we lost outright to C.Y.0., C.H.S. ; D.C.C.; Sprostons A.C. and Y.M.C.A. The main factor for our disappointing show , I believe. is lack of interest both from the members of the team, and from other members of the Upper-School More UpperScholars should go and spend a few hours every Saturday afternoon enco uraging the side. What is most disheartEming, however, is the fact that certain members of the team actually arrive late at matches. S tern disciplinary action should be tak en againi>t these "fath eads". Tha close-of-play score of the previous Saturday must be placed on the Notice Board every Monday if interest in the m atches is to be maintained.

Q.C.

ECENTLY one of the newest of our staff. Mr. Clayton has undertaken the somew9.at difficult but pleasant tagk of being trainer to our prospect 440 yds., 880 yds., mile 2-mile and cross country "'runners. Mr. Clay~on's aim is to improve the times for these individual events, and at least two afternoons per week have been allotte d io his intensive training. 'the response to this offer of Mr. Clayton has been quite satisfactory, but more boys should trv tC\ turn up to these practices, since Mr. Clayton h~9 no doubt given up some of l}js valuable time on these afternoons to h elp you athletes to improve your sfandar~ . of runni ng. Since the training began last term, marked imryrovement was seen in many ;,thletes but unfortunately some of them have left school.

We however, still have ath·let~s who, I am sure ca,n hPnefit from Mr. Clayton s training. Good luck Yr. Clay-

o. NILES L.L.1\-1

MATCH

DRAWN

A s sudden ly as they had attad,cd: ;;o now 1lrd the Col-

·egl', And the Surinam goal was constant!) threatened !or tl 111 rest of the h alf. ·oespite the ii.n 1·cmiLting efforts of our forwardn they could not distul'h Baron iri goal and the match ended in stalemate. I n this half, Franker and Reid along with out· hacks, ITazlc" ·ood anc.1 Grainger were oul standing. The Surirrnmers showed their might through Kolf the cap-O tain and ,·t>ntre ha lf, nrande11. ':\lu nrlo' a nti ;\Jijnnls.

A. Downes

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PLANS AFOOT Mr. London is determined that we do better-much better-next season. Already ha is d iscussing pfans about giving a Cup to the field sm:in who takes the greatest number of catches for the season.

A cup-the Haly Cup given by a former member of the Wight Cup team is k eenly contested for, by the batsm en . This year's winn er wa,, Gary Rampras ha d who top ped in the batting aggregate.

Come on Q.C. ! you were thirteenth in the competition!

S .. A. FARLEY.

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A glance at last

In the ,;econd half the Surinamers pr·essetl from the sta rt and used the linen of 7 men whic-h their type of game gives them, 3 'forwards and the wing halves to tire our defence with repeated attacks. Their fleety wingers :\l ijnals and E saJas kept our wing COLLEGES SCORE FIRST halves busy while fiv('. men attacked th e c~ntre. They were ad· The m atch was the most ente1·· admirably supported by their detalnlng and clo::;ely fought on<.! fenders who broke up _a ny moveof tfle series. The colleges with ment made bY our forwards. Our H azlewood and Grainger playing defence however. held strong, th <' astute and brainy football at full '>ac-ks t:ic-kling hard and forcibly. l1nck. kept the Sw·inam forward::;.

Suddenly Esajas cutting in on the w ith their ball jugglery and l'ight wing received a through nretty approach work, at bay. pass and ,h Jasted, from a well· Qu it~ as good was the Su1·inam nigh impossible angle. low into defence of Brain, Kolf and Snnthe far corner of the net. The ball tra\'eti::,g much too fast for our keeper, who saved commend• ll1 ,al>I.,·, despite thi:; set unck, all

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Volley Ball

th·e !:(:ime wh ic-h even resulted in his ~C'oring n goal.

THE

r eintroduction oi volley ball ha s s hown that there is still great enthusiasm for this game in Queen.'s College Within one week of the announcement th at volley ball would be introduced, 60 boys had submitted their h a mes for consideration. With the permission of the Principal (ag.) a couri ha!'J been prepared hy f he boys interested in the game. and, as soon as the net i::; put up, practice will commence. Mr. Insanally who brought forward the s uggestion that we should make our own court, must be complimented for his unfailing interest in promoting this game.

L e i us hope th at volley ball will become a perman Pnt and lon!! standing intere.,,~ in f hr school.

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'l 'HURS DAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE 1 STOPPER1 At the end of the last term Queen's College had the pi-easure. of l:jeing host to a team from Q.R.C. Trinidad. We m anaged to draw '.he series because we. enjoyea the advantage of being quite familiar with our own ground in the first mater.. Thie 9ee<>nd match however, played on t~ fairly unknown territory of the G.F.C. ground, found us losing 2-1. Here the visito1·s showed distinct s uperioritY. in their style of play and, in t~ir u nderstanding of the finer points of the game. Sub'9e(luent,Y. a Q.C. team which was not really representative. but leech of whose mem. bers had se.veral times represen~ed the school. was given a resondi ng Hl-n il beating. Thi'9 team la~r visited B.G. and in a close game drew 1-a l,· with a Com bined Colleges te.am. The point of this history ig to point ou t ~hat in each case the team opposing u <; s h.owed marked s uperiority. Again both of these teams used the thirrt back or 'stopper' type of g:im <.'.

FORWARDS

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In! th i'9 type of game jhe backs mark the opposing wingers. the centre-half tr,e oppcsing oontrefo!'warct relentlessly. The halves

indeed be beneficial to our team after the staggering blow of having 6 of its top flight members, leaving the team at the end of last term.

-W. G . GREEN .

IS YOUR NAME

HERE Since t he publication of the School Magazine much activity has taken place in the sports world. ' In table tennis the handicap tournament h as just 1lnished and in keepi..ng with the desire of the captain , the Lictor publishes the following placings of school players.

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Tang, C. M. W. Holder, T. 0 .

Khan, M.A. Edwards, T. C. Odle, P . D. "Star" McLean McGowan.

Barton, L . 0 .

Grant, N.

This is the ranking qf the Captain., C. M. W. Tang. En Passant, I may mention that Mr. S. Insanally has assumed the task on the other hand p ,·ay a free of Games. Master in the absence game although k eeping in of Mr. Niles who 1s now studying touch with the opposing inside ~in the U.K. forwards. This system ~iVP"' .one a striking line with decided Good luck to both of you punch.

The 5 forwards are gentlemen and may success crown powerfully backed up by the your efforts, is the sentiment wing halves, who work hard straight from the heart of your and play an up and down game. This type of game would SPORTS ED.

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Fl NAL OF THE JACOB CUP

Q.C. defeats Berhiee High Sehool Q.C

won tho Jacob Cup B . • t~is year by d efea ting . erb1ce H igh School on th first innings by 106 runs. Th! match was played on the ~ .M.C.A. ground and the umpires were Messrs. W ati,nn and Thomas.

Berbice Hi.e-h b~tted first and were d is86, the scores m1?Sed for _b emg Deop er saud 34 Nathoo 3 1 and Mc c;owan 31. T !w wickets were taken by · willock 4 for 28, McWatt, 4-24 and Lawrence 2- 15. ·

Q,.c .. then batted and were d1sm1ssed for 192. Th e chier scorers were Khan 6 5 , Ra!l'prashad 35,. and Nicholson 3 1.

For Berb1ce High School Hanoman tok 6 wickets for 34 runs and J oseph 3 wick ets for 52 runs.

In their second innings Berbice High S chool made 140 for the loss of 3 wickets. Archi'•a Id lll,HI<• 17. :'1/ath<>o 11 n. 1t out and Heydorn. 31. L a urence took one wicket for 16 runs mci Khan 1 wicket for 18 runs. \\'. F'. :'II<' Go\\'an. 3.C.

TABLE TENNIS

Tang wins Handicap THIS term

Q.C. staged a Handicap Tournament Although it was a Handica .

Tournament, there was onl~ one upset in the early stages of the tournament, whe n Odle defeated Khan by 2 games to 1. Odle, Holder, Edwards and were. t~e semi-finalists. e sem1-fmals, Holder defeated Odle by 3 games to l and Tang d efeated Edwards by 3 games to nil. So Tang a~d Ho}der qualified for the finals, m which Tang def eated Holder by 3 games to 2 in an exciting match.

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