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When in 1053 the countJ-y was gran~ed an advanced constitulion and universal adult suffragt', it was to Mr. Harewood that w11 '.urned for directing the eJ-cctlon which followed. We remember the way in which h"' and his staff workJ!ci to eil'S'Ul'e that an who were eligible to vote understood what was rec.LUircd of them. The numerous l>roadcasts. appeals and notic<'.s were all due to bis abounding energy.

SHOCKED To all those w110 knew biru and most especia11y to us his death has come as a great shock.

We oolieved in his abili'..y an d wen• confident that llis l<nowiedt.rt' and guidance were essen tial in the development of our "Mav.nificent Province". However wf" arc consoled that he has don e his du',y and has done it well. The task at hand is to continue where he IefL off and to try in time ';.o bridge the great gap caused by .his departure. On behalf of the school, ho.th members and staff, the "Llc',or" extendi:1 its sympathy to his sorrowing rclatiws and fr iends.

DEVOTION To some of us, he wru; a man whom we knew in'..imatel,v for two years. How well we 1·emem• ber his appearance at our firsl Old Boys' Day ceremony in 19;;7 and now he charmed us with his inspiring address and the good humour which we so rcadlh· attribute to him; and when in 19::iS he made 'his final ai>pearance we receivsed h im wl'h open a11n':I and hung un his ~ ,·ry word. The memory of this v1sit and his short talk and his "pt'titlon" for a half-holiday should be a treasured memory to all the school. When he spoke of '.he school one was immediately impressed with 'his Joyalty and devotion to hl::i "alma mater''.

Truly, we have lost' a great !r!end and :i mo91. vigorous .suppor'~er.

Durinl{ Lhe term we were \'i.site<1 h,\· se\'l'ntl ~if our old hoys among whom were Dr. L , R Sharples, :'.Jes,t·s. H. Tl. Harewood, I?rl'sident of our Old Roys' Associtflion nnd L\Jr. R. ::-J. Wong.

Dr. Sharples, •who left school in mos could s(-e onl~: one contemporary in srhool, that <lay; he \Ya:, th,1t gr.ind old man Mr :ID.

In puhllc !i(e ).fr, Harewood was Chief Electoral Office1• ancl one time editor of the Da!iy Chronicle. He ·was the chief in~trument in the foundaLion or our Go,·ernmen·~ Information Services and (hose who knew of the lerrible days of World War II will remember him as organiser of the Burenu of Public Information when the

... lie said that he iL Yel'y strange to be in srhooJ onre mm·c•. Dr. Sharple;; hai; had the distinction of laying the foundations of the cureers,of such brilliant men as Mr. S. L. Van n. Stafford and Sir Frank l\JcD;1\'icl. In a speech to us he ad\'il<ecl us to see that we use the- college well, use our time careful~· and usefully obsel'ving that .such an opportunity is only giv<'n us onrc io our lifetime.

Finally he exhorted us to try to contr il>ute to the growth of this great..<·ountr,v of ours so that in time it will grow to preserve the name of the :\fagnificent Province.

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Glad to see y ou Since the departure Iii 1950 of :\Iiss Wan Ping who gave sterling :,ervice £or 1;; years, the offire window has become a veri'.al>le kaleido:;cope of remale figures with regards to the Principal'i:; private secretaries.

There have been no less than four persons who have filled thii; l)OSt over a period of two year.s. The presen·~ l:/Ccretary is )llss Ve,rha Williarru:; who succeeded Miss Aliason Bacchus in May this year. :\1iss William& who is an old girl of Bh1hop's High School, has served in several government departments including the Cu.sloms and th'e Technical Institu~e. Prior to laking up this appointment she served with the Federal We.st Indian Governmen". £or four months as private i;ecretary to Lord Hailel-1, the Governor-General. Miss Williams has quite settled in, and it is expec':ed th:it her charming figure will grace the office for qu ite a while sinre she Is here on a J>Crman~nt appointmen·;. The '·Lictor" expr~i;es the hope that h~r s1ay will be a happy one,

Welcome once more!

WONDERFUL ORG~NISER

Friday, August 1S,

MOIJRNS S·E VERE LOSS .

"U"-boat menace to shipping Lhrea'..encd lo starve our entire DO{)ll Ia tiorr.-

It was ,,;ith deep regret that the school learnt of the passing o f .\Jr. Ilillon Rupert Harewood, Pt·esiden·. of the Queen's College Old Boys' A.sisociation. He was ill for a '&hort while only, :Mr. Hurewood was only 32 years 9ld.

Ile was a brilliant Guianese. The foundation:; of his career were earl)' laid al Queen's College which wus. then housed in the buildin~ '\\hi<:h is now the Dishops' Hiih School. It would l>e difficult here '..o relate t}le many :1chievemcnts of this :imiable gentleman while he was at school bu... one has only to cast a glance at ',he School'i; Honours Boards .and one would (lulckly :lean some idea of his immense scholastic ability, while a look at school records would show that while he "'°as at i,Chool. Mr. Harewood was either a member. or an official of many school societies.

This term three new masters joined us, one master returned from leave, while two others proceeded on leave. The new masters were Mr. K. A. L. Brown, C. Lall and Miss D. Akai.

Mr. Brown was with us before but was on !J:holarship at Aberdeen University Scotland since 1953. Miss Akai and Mr. Lall, came to us from Berbice High School. Miss Akai is our Geography Master, while Mr. Lall is a Science Master.

Mr. G H. Narayan returned from leave after having obtained his B.Sc degree in the United Kingdom.

He is a well-known master and is at pre9!?nt Assistant House Master of Cunningham House.

Messrs. Chunilall and Hetram left us on vacation leave during the term too. It is not altogether certain, however, that both these hard-working individuals will take a vacation. Chances are that they will wo right through their ":v~.-tfb .

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HUMOUR ( 1ft'. \\"ong who said that he was verv proud to be once more umon~ us assurec1 us that he WOUlcl ll'l'ite and tell his Sf nS t lrnt lw had had the prh,liege of spea king- :.it QC . bu t regretted that his .sons would reply rongratulating "him on this 1?reat privilege but thankful th:i• they were not there to lw:,r him.

Finnlly, he C'autione<I u" not to he like one of the <'h:t1·arters from the show "My Fai1· T.:1ily" which is an adaptation from C. B. Shaw's "Pyqyn:ilion·· who hoped ',ha t, with a little hit ( I f luck he would be able to ;;i<le, step l:Kllll!i! (I t!le responsl'1illt!es ~an.

The speakr1's were intnid uc·ed

THE BEST OF FRIENDS M UST PART 1

Once more the school has suffered '.wo hard knock.,;. Two Ios.,;es -u·erc suffered iby the schoN this term which wlll be a serious setback ~o the progress of the school. The first was caused by the appointment of )Ir. 11. R. Per~aud our Senior History Master a.,,, Government Archivist. This is the first time that such a POS'. has been creat· ~d. We or course were very pleased that the Government regarded the work of ,\!r Persaud i:;o highly as to appoint him to the :post, but we were very '-'Ort'V to lose him neverthele,~. He hml' the rP.cord of having t;;ught bis· -;ory at our school oYer • a 10111 period ot years with only one failure in the .subject a t tlle external examinations. But it 1, not only academically 'i.hlat we hav11 lost He was th(' founder of the still young Historiral Society ancl those who haw come lnto closP contaC't II i',h him mu,t know of the abunda nt energy which he possessed and the power ne had of iJ1spiring us when we really needed him. We are ,-;Ure that h• will be a credit to hif' new post and will cover himself wi'.h great 1{)01i. a glory which will reflert favourabl,· on the .,chool

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~ooabye, thougll not for good ut least for a ;.ear or two wa~ :\Ir. H. A. :\l. Beckl-es who l<'rt ui:; 0 n r..?i,ignation leave.

11 e ,, us one of Guiana's great men w.,,,_ wha'; the Principul .1.:iiJI '.>bout him at tt pre,entation on Old Doy'i:; Day. He will b'C rP. memhere(l both on t11e sport11m field and whene\'er the hktory of education in lli-i';i,;h Gu l:mu

comes to be written. Those who:: he t:iught wlll know what llavc lost. \Ve need his schola:-ship and learning here at Q.C. What be'..ter tribute, therefore. could be paid to him, than hY. ask.in&- b.1m to return. At our .u:nua I Old Boy' Day celebr&t!09he w:is presented with a sih·Gr plaaue and a pen a.s a token 4 our apprecia,ion of his outst-. ..~ ing service to the school. In C farewell speech to the school ue thanked the old boy,g for thci1t ' presence at school that day ~ marking '.hat their appearan«.,, a& a sign of the continuity oC the life of Q.C. of which the ot:, boys were vigorous support~.

He we.s gratelul that he did ~ :>t ha\'e to sever abruptly all c . .:inections with the school of wb -~ · he regarded himself an old bf>.,,..

In conclusion h,e thanked , e, school for their gift, which h• 9aid he would always t reasurt" a.... tangible proof of our lov& ro~

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On \.\'edne:.day 301h July lileL the Queen's College Cadet Cvtps. held i';s .first p:.i;;sing out paraue.

The parade w.is watched from. the balcony and corr1dors by tb.e. ~chool. It wa~ an impre,siVl' <li!,,play. Ue.spfte the fact that se,-e.r a l of th'e cade~$ displayed a re~ ta in a moun t of nen·ous11t."'~ they ncverthele~s managed to live up to the h igh i;tandare oC efficiency on which Brigad,er Hall and hi::; l:IUCC'CSsor have frequently complimeri:ed them.

The passing-om parade m::.ru the lime when a recrnit has u n dPr~one the neressa1y ll'ain iT, _ It was brought to my notice We ought to forget our pride for required for him to dlsciJJ:!nc during a school lesoon, that in once, and claim allegiance to our himself in the ways of the Co rp~.

In all '.here were twenty·[4~e the time of our ance.-tors and merciful king, who is graceful ~specially in those chivalrous enough to f~give such outright r,•cruits who w,ere presented ~.t days, people looked upon their rebellion against his person. and the <'t'remony. king as being anointed of God, imperial commands.

Tlw recruits were presented to, and considered it a terrible the Principal on the par-i.m= wrong to oppose him in any·way square outl:fide 'l.he garage a a whatever. :-olemnly repeatcJ the C.,,.-=t. ' pledgi; of foyalty and devo · n Whilst this topic was being to J.iis Queen and Country afte~ discussed, my thoughts were ' which they ,vere presen~ed \n L~ strangely focussed upon God, a certlflca"te. our eternal king. It became all Cadet Ramsammy won t he. too clear to me then and there, The drop in the price of pasaw:ircl for the be!"t perform,111(.'E that although we were all oppos- teurized milk, sold at the tuck ers of his will, yet this fact shop has been greatly welcomed during training. In an ad dre~... tv:r seemed lo disturb us very little by all of the boys of this school. them ':he Prtnclp:11 aminck .f indeed. Yes. in some cases we This drop in price, does not them of the solemnity of their even tried to ju91ify our sinful only enable one to economize. pl tlgo and reaffirm<'d his fa ith deeds. We had sinned, not prin- but it also shows, that the ar- in the belief that a hoy's tra r cipally in breaking our earthly ticles published in the previou~ ing a':. school was not f'Omplete sovereign's command, but more edition of the LICTOR, caught until he had becomt• a mem ber so the commands of our heaven- the eye9 of the authorities conof tht• Corps and ha,1 learnt ~lf~ ly king. 'erned a n d were carefully discipline which the Army w a~ forever teaching. In hiS. opim\1!l Where had that feeling of studied. guilt for our sins gone to? Had At present everyday during the percentage of hoys who were• we somehow, in some ingenious, ' he short break many boys can eligible for aclmi!".c:lon to :n,e hard-hearted way managed to be seen in the dining hall en- Cadet Corps and Wl.¥\ had 110':. forget it? How willingly would joying delicious bottles of yet done '90, was far in ext·~our father forgive this trespass, pasteurized milk. of the handful of hoys Wfi~ if we only asked it in <1incetity. p:1ra<led tha! d:iy.

I am taking this opportunity Yes, I believe we need some of At the conclu,ion of the cen that old-fashioned chivalrous to thank the authorities conspirit, we need to see our sins, cerned, on behalf of the boys of mony th e C'aclets marched overw the Police Depot ;.; ing,st<H for what they arc-filthy rags, this school. "h It> \Ir S 11!!1•1·-D n t" took th THEODORE LA FLEUR, an::f hindrances in the - most glorious ;-ace since time began.

Upper Fourth Modern. sa lute.

~Ir. I I. R. ll,n'l·\~o<ul, who pro\'ided lots of entertainment with h i s ar1eC'rlOt,·s a n d who in a ski lful little sketch l!:irned the admiration of the school anc1 inridrntally some overwhelmil'l'g applause coupled with the grant of a half-holiday to the schoolhy

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Why ·-not a careers master?

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1~58 . ·· : Evef,y year at the end of I each Summer Term rbout sixty or seventy Queen's I College students ar e •graduat ed' from t h e fifth and sixth forms. :EDITOR - D, M, GUY Some of this number go 9n to 4.SST, EDITOR - W, A. RODNEY institutions o! high er lea~ing, FEATUltFS EDD'Oa while most of t h e rest ha:ve to seek employment of some kind V. C. INSANALLY , -5-PORTS EDITOR - W, L. GREEN or the ot h er.

TREASURER - It. FIELD-RIDLEY .. Secur ing employment !or the Queen 's College gradua te ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER usually meant a job in one of - B. NIAMATALLI t h e various departments of DISTRIBUTION MANAGER t he Civil Service but many of O. M. AUSTIN our old boys ha~e found tha t SU PERVISOR - MR. L W. careers in other fields have KEATES provided, and can provide op:N'.B . The views expressed by portunities which when comndividuals are n ot necessarily pared to those in the Civil :.."lose o! the Editorial Board and Service a re equally and in · ~cbool as a whole.- Ed. Q.C.L. many cases more attractive.

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EDJTORIAL l\1ore equal distribution of funds necessary Froth t he time that men be· ..;ame scientifically minded there has been a n u ph ill mr11gglt'! ',o 'l)roYide adequate scientific antl .~ rhnical training. In recent ti mes t ha·z struggi'e has been 'fully r.equited and speclalbatio11 .n a narrow classical curriculm ·,; no\\· a thi ng of the pos':. In fac t. one wonders whether the vendulum: has not ~wuug too : r - - for it ls the classical .,;Ide hut· fa; now being neglected.

~U BJECT ROOMS LACKI NG h11s rece1itly been :e..imt w:. the c,,,·ernment has de· .:,de,I to gmn·~ the school $311,00U for the purpose of Im :>roving our Science faculty. !>t1d1 attention is most welcome, 'mt !', is incompatible with the !lt)gatlve policy adopte;ct toward::'h<! arts faculty. We notlce ':hat, u1<• re are two Jabora torie.; £or e.. c:h of t h e three Science -,u!Jjects, Plty::.ic,,. Chemistry, ~1~ Biology. But for the ptLr.;ult o~ ~he h umanities we find ·~hat ther~ is a dismal dearth of .,;uhJect rooms. Two rooms are ,:c-t ·,l>'ide ostemll'bly · for tfie .study of !listory a n d Geog!'aphy, while there at~ none for any of .t,he ;,mguages. Even the Hntory :md Geography room~ can hatd'.v be rega rded as t he domain <.Jf ·~he historian s and geograj •ht?rs. In fact t hey are referred ~.S more often than not a~ room:,. twen ty-0ne and '.:.wenty.two re.,pectively.

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~011 a subject room is a cces"ar.v adjunct to the teach•• 11!.{ crf uny subjec',. The wall;; of --.1c·l1 a room can l,,e ccwertcd ;. Ith instructive placard~ a nd 1,0,-ter,-. along with other things :>f in ,erest to those who are ,:ud.,·ing the subject concerned. ·,ueh material is kno wn in •.1ndt•n1 terms as visual aid:,. to .:t!ut·at on. Along' ·~hei,e ~atnL' ne,-• it ought to he pos;;ible fm "cducation:11 film!. and slide~ t,, ,e shown. For lnstance s\udent" o f mod-ern laniniage:,; would ,:ure· ly henefit from French 01· -';pnnish films a, the case ma> t;e. For thL, purpose the ~choot ;·10uld own the necessary ,•!>· 1

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f11c';s are not bein~ tc, light a::; nlg~Pn~ horn of. jc:i lou ,y of fortune of t lw sci en•::-:t.,. ·u ,.<:<'l''\·in"" ·,he S3Cl,UOO

Ignor ance about careers outside tb e Civil Service however, has caused a certain lack of popularity among certain types of careers as far as Q .C . graduates are concerned.

It was perhaps, because of this t hat some two years ago, the principal invited three gentlemen to give talks on car eers to members of the fifth and sixth forms.

These talks were probably the first t hat were ever given in the history ·or the school, and though they did more good than harm they had cer tain definite shortcomings.

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The gentlemen discussed careers· in Medicine, Engineering and Commerce. One n otable feature of t he ta1~ wa~ that t hese gen tlemen tended to intersperse t heir discussions with their person al iq.eas and opinions.

Unfortunately t h is gave to' each'. ca reer a n unfair bias wh ich perh aps could not be helped. Greater good could haye been achieved also if mo1·e than three ca reers were What a bout represen ted. teaching, geology. forestry a nd agriculture ?

Are these not worthwh ile careers also ? Furthermore it must hav~ been a strain on th e persons who were giving these talks. Perhaps after two or three hours of talking t heir efficiency was impaired. So il would be foolha rdy to a t tempt to rush through in a few hours something which migh t cause a boy to make decision.~ which would affect t he whole of h is life. "'

DISAPPOl<NTMENT What would, perhaps, be most desl.J:able a nd effective if some system, which, extended over a fairl y long period of time allows the student ·oc· decide on a career after all the facts on possible ca reers which are open to him a re presented in as fair, imper~onal and impartial a manner as possible. This sh ould ensure t hat t he student has n ot been unduly influenced in h is choice of a career.

grant. In fact we would haYe preferred to hear that they had ohtnins·cl SGO.UOO. Bu·. the art,-, faculty can not be entirely neglected. It is highly desirable that a balance be ma intai nC'cl, and i', is inrumbent on Governmen t to :ichicve thb hy an equitahle d.strihution ,)f funds. ,\ sst. E d.

Despite the limitations of the talks as a whole, the standard of the indiViduaJ. talks was very high.

The idea, too was an excellent and necessary one.

It has been a disappointment, therefore, that the programme has not since been continued.

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Of all the plarletary bodies Young Tra..velll!r ·in Space" by, that can be seen from the earth, Arthur C. Clarke and re-ar the moon is both the smalle&t ranged by R. B. MEERTINg and the nearest. It is so small that it would require 49 moons to make a globe as big as the earth. Although the moon is small it appears to be the same size of the sun and yet one is in reality, 63 million times as large a~ the other. The reason for this disparity between t he apparent We have long r elinquish ed. and real sizes, is that one of the m ost of the l:lonour a nd glory POST NEW bodies, the sun, is farthe r away the esteem of the students a nct from the earth than the moon. the big~ patr~otic . spirit ' that.

If, however, such a pro- An important differe nce b e- once e x isted in our midst durgramme is to be implemented t ween the sun and moon is tha t ing the unforgettable e r a when tl)e former is luminous and the in t~ fu tuJe it would definitely latter is not.

Austin House r eigned supre me It seemed as though all the guts benefit from certain modificaand pride it took to m a k e up a tions. The ch ief of these would NO ATMOSPHERE victorio,us elemen t had disap.. be t h e creation o! a 'careers' p ear ed from our r a nks. But period' In the time-table of From the fact that no clouds that memorable first match t he fifth and sixths under the are seen on the moon, w e can deagainst Raleigh House stalwarts du.ct a t once that there is no a t- in care of a careers master: th e football league placed us mosphere, and ther efore, no life th e type that exists on earth. r igh t back in th e running. The The post of careers master, of The moon'·s gravity w as found score, 3- 2, does not tell much i! it ls crea ted, promises to be to be one sixth of that on earth, in itself, bu t the tale of the grim bot h useul and interesting. so that you can jump higher tha n de~.~ ination and indefatigable Some of t he more obvious usual with less effort. spiriit 1t took to produce it is a h er oic one. duties o! a careers master Today, thanks to t h e p atien t would be to provide t h e stu- work of m a ny astronomers, Th is battle of the 'gia n ts' dents w ith inform ation con - many cr ate rs h ave been char ted looked all but l ost for A ustin cerning employment and job and some of them given names house who fielded a te::im seem opportunities. He sh ould also after great scie ntists or philo- ingly with out the best idea of co-ord ination or support tacticg provide a n effective liaison be- sophers. tween th e local employer and The absence of a n atmosphere The team spirit seemed brok e~ the students, t h e potential is the first and most serious a nd the team itself comp letely employees, in addition to ar- problem explor er s will have to demolished by an early Raleigh Apart fr om excitement H ouse goal. Even m ore was ranging talks, discussions, face. and adventure why would m en, Austin House's discomfort when lectures and visits between the want to go to the moon? Well a. second goal crowned the perparties concerned. the re a re m any scientific reasons. 91stent efforts of the opposing Almost every branch of science forw~rds .

At present some of the dutk $ will make great advances, if exNever befo~e have I seen a of a careers master art' periment9 a n d investigations team rally so determinedly from were carried-nut in a totally di£· handled by the principal, ana ferent world. They will try to the half. A conference of the the post of careers master discover the origin of those giant team, its supporters vaguely would serve to lighten h is craters. S o m e astronome rs sensing the imminent danger of burden of administrative duties think they were caused b y the defeat, resolved itself into a impact of meteors in captain 's will of " we ar e going in addition to being a distinct rnormous the remote p a9t. to win." improvement on the • present system where much is left to LIFE '!

F_osterin g th at sp ark of deterch a nce. mination in th e minds of h is.There is no doubt th at strange comrades, t he a ustin House cap- -MILLER, N . S: memories a r e t here as to tain proceeded to play a ga me U6C. whether there is life in the moon in which h e completely suror n ot, a9tronomers say, "NO the a bsence of air and water p assed and outshone every other rules it out." However it is not man on :th e field. It was as wise to b e too dogmatic on this though h e could b e ev erywhere point. Man y car eful lunar ob· at once, and he succeeded in · servers have seen ch anges which breaking up every single offent hey believe a re due to some sivE: on his own goal by the opform of vegeta tion. Considerin1at posing forwards. \ lbat pla nts g row in the desert , - it is possible that other plant~, . The n the .gods, recogn1sing a 1 hrce or our old boys who mi gh t adapt themselves to life kmdred spir1t below, lent thier were awarded Venezuelan Schol- on t he moon. This is one of the SUPP,Ort to a valiantly struggling arship::1 a rrived back in the Col- first things our explorers will and unyielding team. A penalty was called against 'B' House. ony on hol iday and paid us a investigate.

Sensing this to be the crucial vi~r•. 'r hey were :\Iichael Willock DAYS LONG moment of the ga_m e, realising Trenton Alfred and Paul Boilers. that he alone could bear such Let us suppose that ma n could The students all looked alert a _great r~ ponsibility, the ca p live without w a ter; food and air. t~m too~ the kick, a nd with and happy. none of which exist on the moon his experie nced ju dgment made They dcclarea they were £av· ourably impres~ed with the OJ>- and h e was transported there. no mistake in converting ~h e porlu nitit!5 for boys and girl~ He would see the sun, with no goal being t he turning point of finding employment in Venc premonitory dawn, rise sh arply the whole match.

The team now breathed new zuela \\ hen ·.hey have completed over a volcanic ridge and take one w eek :to reach to its high- life and fighting spirit. Detertheir i.rhool•ng.

Despite tlle ract that tney were est rising point and another mined to take advantage of such a glorious opportunit y they in a rountry I\ hose language up week to sink to the opposite pressed home increasing attacks, to the ·.im c of thei r d~parture horizon. It would set w i th a the puny forwards charging was foreign to them t hey de· suddenness unknown on our again a nd again, totally unpla net, for no dusk would interclarc that they have been made m ingle with the brightnes9 of daunted. by the might that opto feel quite a~ home in their new d ay and the utter darkness of posed them, seeking only to find :,'Urroundings and do not belis•n ni ght. At the dose of day the ~hat vital ope ning in the oppostha, the:, C'ould have been better visitor would find himself on m g defences. And they found it. treated even in a Br itish coun· unspeakabl y hot ground, a nd at In a desp erate scramble a last- .,, ditch atte mpt to clear t he ball try. th e e nd of an equally long night, away from the Ral eigh H ouse unspeakably cold. This would goal. a chance opportunity of a occur both d ay and night, a nd the only seasons h e would loose ball ably taken by a n Austin forward brok e the b ack know are the summer of day of the opposition. The third goal a nd winter of night. HiE1 most was a n inevitable r esult .

Xow in Paris doing a course arresting sight w ould b e a great Thu9 the saga of a match for French Teachers at the All • obje<: t shining in the sk y with a almost lost by a team determined ance F runtai1-e, :\Jr. Allsopp has disc six teen times as large as to f ight to the bitte'r end re11rittcn to ~he school sending the sun. This object w ould pass solving itself into a sur prise vichis be;;t Wib'he;;. He says that he through a cycle of cha nge'!:! last- tory for t hat team e nds, but only F or th e ha~ been granted the :\I.A. de- ing a mon th a nd then begin all the match ends h er e. spirit, the indomitable That body would fighting gree and ha!' ohtained a mark of over again. courage 'and the grim determindi ,tinc·::on. He is booked to sail be the ear th a nd it w ould be ation ,,o brillia ntly illustr ated to earth-light. which w ould be six- t h e member s o!

Austin hs the "Willemstad" on the JGC ca nnot d ie her e.

August, arriving in B.G. in Sep- teen times as strong as the House tember 6th. in time for the s ar' moon-ligh t shining on the It has now been proved tha t once again, w e can produce the earth. of term. guts to claim t h at n oble h eritage left u9 by (lur predecessors, Miss Dolphin in London :ilso After this our visitor would be the claim to the title of 'Chami,enc!s her "a1·mem greeting. only too glad to return to earth pions of t he School.'

V. C. L~SANALLY. without the desire- to lea ve i t Foat m·e-<; F:dlto" ONWARD AUSTIN HOUSE. again . This w as ta ken from the

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Would a Q.C. boy u ,i:e t h at?

Well, that is the usu al penalty in a "lycee• the French equivalent to Q.C. The minimum detention time is two h ours and eigh t hours, t h e m aximum. s o to th ose f olk a mon g us who are 'incurably a ddicted to "d ~tentionitis" a 'lycee' would be a veritable p aradise. Why w orry with Q .C.? Our .maxim um deten tion t i.me is only one funny hour; but, " Oh, la, la," in France even sch ool life is eieht ti.mes as sweet.

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A 'ly cee' in F rance also d iffers very much from a. school like Q.C. One aspect of life in a 'lycee' w h ich w ould send the mass of s uffering Q.C. humanity into raptures of d elight is the fact t hat t here a r e n o p refects.

Just imagine that prefects! In Q .C. a prefect is a combination police man, h and y ma n , me ssen ger, bill-collector and referee especia lly in the T uck Shop. O bviously s uch a life is dangerous. J ust think of a school where there is no 'L ictor' money to collect, no gate duty, no patrolling etc., etc.

And b oys, just think- no prefects to terrorise you.

But wait a minute, there would be no prefects to counter-terrorise. · As a result of this cata-

pults, slingshots, pins, tacks, sticky chewing-gum, and mi.J· siles, both guided and ung uided may well become extinct or obsolete. Would life be wor.th living then? Perhaps after all Q .C. is nQt such a bad place.

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Further.more, in a 'lycee' life for the t ea ch ers is much different from what one gains In a school like Q .C . In a. typi-. cal 'lycee' there are no extracurric ular a ctivit ies for th e t each ers. In other words they attend solely to their teaching, thus the te achers h a ve a far greater a.mount of fre e t ime, which allows them to attend t o other interests. As a result many of t he teachers of Fre nch 'lycees' have become accomplished writers, novelists and poets. Many also use their spare time in getting higher qualifications.

A lthough the differ ences i n the French ed ucational system may seem strange to a master or stude nt from Q.C. it is obvious that scholarship is held' in high esteem. P er : haps a better a ppreciation of their aims, probl ems, and achievements can b e gained through an exchange of students with a 'lycee' in one of our neighbouring French countries.

Now, the runcUon of the modern sugar factory is to receive from ',he cane fields fresli cut cane and to extract the juice from It, to clarify that juJce and concentrate it to a mix'ture from ':he mola!':ses.

MODERN SUGAR FACTORIES Uitvlugt is a gooa example of a modern sugar factory. At Uit-

vlugt the cane, which is dark from burning, arrives at ':he factory in pun tg.-each punt carries six to seven tons of cane.

As eacn punt reaches a certain point a crane lifts all the cane from the punt, re~ts the load on a weighing scale then deposits it on a belt which conveys i: In to the factory.

The conv-eyor pas~ tlle cane under heavy-duty knives which are cumng bfades fixed i:o a shuft turn ing at the rate 0£ 500 revolulfons per minute. These revolving blades cut the cane into chipa and a moment Ja".er the chipg disappear into the mill to be crushed by a series of rollers.

BAGASSE The mill !IL ui.,·lugt, Js the pride of the factory. It is a complicaled arrangement of banks of rollers. thrnugh "·hJch tile i....u. with the chipped cane passes. The juice ;;queezed out be':w-cen the rollc1·s flow1:1 through o. flat channel to the strainer where coai;.se partlcl~s of fibre are remoYed. Th-c crushed cane is sent along to another mill but before being crushed some water is added to it so ',hat mere sugar can be extrncted from it After about f ou1· cru~hings. th'C cane has real!\· "been ".hrough the mill" -and 1;11· that i~ left of the cane i ; the fibre residue or "bagass,e" which needs no further drying herore it is feel to the furnaces as fuel.

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The cane Juice Is full of impurities which m_u,-·, be removed ))y adding milk of lime and boiling the mixture so that the heat and the lime f9rce most of the impul'i",ies to coagulate and finally to ~ttlc in a mudcly i:;ludgc. leaving a clear juice. Nothing is wastecl in a :;ugar factory: thi~ mud is filtered to extrac·~ any juice it may contain." The residue from this Jiiltration is known as filter cake and this ·is collec',ed and u~ed a!': fertiliser.

SYRUP The clarific•cl .iuil·e i.;; now pa1:1sed through an evaporator which removes about 7:\ 0 ~ of ,the water and converts the juice into a thick syrup. At UI: vlugt there

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The vacuum pans are also evaporators: in them the syrup is bolled under a high vacuum so al:I to avoid decomposition of the sugar. The evaporation of the .syrup to the crystals is very carefully controlled so tha'; the crystals attain just the correct size.

Eventually the vacuum pan l>ecomes fill-ed wi".h a mixture of isugar crystals alld. molasses. The separation of the sugar from the molasses is carried out in cen· trifugal machines.

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r have sa,id no waste ls permitted at · .an efficient sugar factory,. The fibre of the cane servei; ;is .fuel; the residu e of! the clarification process as fertilis~r. .The, mola,~cs Is n o':. wasted elthel', it is dil:;l.i,llcd into th~ well-krt_own Bookers Rum and Book~s Gin.

Q.C. IN DIAS · CUP FINAL Queen's College beat S.. Stan:. lslaus College in the Dias Cup Final in a match which will be( rem~mbered more for its go-slo"'1 method!': · than for its brillian·;; football. They will therefore meet Berbice High School in the final match.

The centrifugal machine conFirst goal of the af,ernoon: sists of a perforated drum or re~lted from a scrimmage iO: basket which is fill ed wi',h the front of the Saint's goal when nti:\."!Ure of mola5'!:les and sugar · DacC"hus push-ect lhe offendin~ then is spun at 1,150 revolutions sphere pas. the outspread hands per minute.

The centrifugal of St. Stanislaus goalkeeper. force, that J", the pull away Saints pre!-~ed hard and during from t h e centre, developed one of the many lapses of the by ';.he rotation of the drum. af,ernoon managed to sc()re. forces the mola:;;ses out through Nurse however, aided by a kindly. the holes. The molasses drain:; breeze, sealed their fate when Into a tank: it tak-e9 t"·o ~o three from a re~ounding corner-kick~ minutes for the sugar to be thus the ball curved Into the far "V'' much to the chagrin of Saints freed of molDSses. When ';.he s upporter;:; and the unl10ly demachine is stopped, the gt1.1?al' i-< scoopeci ciownwards an~ is taken light of Q.C. fans.

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BRING BACK THE GAM6 Q.C. used to be an occasionally c:full place. That was in the good old pre-S,mger-Davies days. Then the principal arrived.

A wonderful character he was in those day5 full of, amoni: other things a lightning-quick enthusiasm. and some . wonderfully eriginal ideas. Some or his ideas have, retained their · originality. They had not been h eard of before, neither have they been heard of since. Unfortunately Rugby falls in this category. But first before we proceed with the post-mortem what is Rugby?

The game, or is it a game? is usually started with t hirty whole bodies, fifteen per side.

Wifll experienced players, however. some bodies may contain a ~ miller mod'ifications--you .knaw Oungs like a b r oken clavicle. leg or arm, and a few loo9e and lat teeth. One of the game's myskr.ies is the scrum. In action, a scrum battle or a scrimmage resem.lles an outsize caterpillar with a severe stomach cramp.

Two oppcwng lines ol p layers stnaJ'(lls for an oddly shaped ball. 'l!le sight of so many boys' albletie flattoms upfurned, willingly and unsuspectingly just aslmlc to be whacked must have evoked despairing thoughts in the head of the Chief. Rugby should therefore be revived even if fo,- disciplinary reasons only.

There is no doubt. The scrimmage is the ideal movement after about a dozen or more scrums, most of us who played left the ficld with a Neanderthal crouch, and went home to lubricate the creaks and aches out . of our joints.

The rugby field is another very interesting phenomenon.

After a series of games it becomes the receptacle for variou9 detachable appendages otherwise associated with people. Bits of hair, scalp, teeth real and false, spectacles, rtorn sl!raps oi clothing etc., etc., after a while litter the sward.

It is obvious now that the game should be revived. If you have not played it you have mimed something, and once you have played it you will have something missing, for this game can better be described as the

gentle art of skullduggery, the manly art of self-destruction. In no other game in the world are there so many opportunities for lunging, plunging and of course bungling.

Also let it n ot b e said that Rugby does not inculcate good sport9:manship. You have to be a good sportsman, even if in desperation. Unlike football full sportsmanship by the uninhibited use of elbows. In this form of unarmed combat nails, te-eth, and feet also enter into the game--that is of course if you still have them. All rugby players are great !JPOrtsmen, for is not one of the distinguishing marks o! a great Rugger player his inescapable and invariably toothless smile?

The civilisation o.r people is another of Rugby's great achievements. It is no accideqt that the French, the English and Wel 9~ are great Rugger nations.

It is only logical for them to .be highly civilised. Of course with no front teeth they can't bite.

So what are we waiting for. On with the game.

MILLER N. S. U6 C.

School athletes honom·ed Athletic Colours have been awarded to D 0 . Niles, ~t. I. L. .Joseph, H. A. Chesney and C. R. Pa\'ne fo1· their part in the athle· ti~· p1·ogramme of the school.

These boys are all competent a thletes. Niles and Payne In particular. being ac<'omplisht'd :,printers who h aYc n :presented the school with fair success at several athletic meetings. Joseph is mor l' • famous as a broadjumper. bu t is not without a fair turn of speed in track event:;.

Congratulations. hoys, keep up the gooc1 work and continue your train ing. 01iportunities are being provided <laily for athletes like you. At the sa me time it has heen announced that Hockey Colours have been awa1'ded to Lee ,v.A.. Rc1 mprashall G. an,!

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Four explorers The International Geophysical year in which fifty-six nations are co-operating has been planned as a concerted attack on variou~ problems relating to earth sciences, for whose solution concurrent observations in var ious parts of the world are required. The operational scale .formally commenced on July 1st, 1957, and is scheduled to end on the 31st December, 1958. Observations were however, made on dates prior to the commencement of activitie!:1 to ensure proper adjustment of equipment and to familiarise observers with the techniques involved.

This great enterprise aims to provide a fuller understanding of the Earth from its interior to the fringe of its atmosphere. The observations to be made during this year have been speciallr selected and fall roughly mto three categories. Firstly, there are those requiring concurrent synoptic observations of many' Points necessitating co-operative observation by many stations. Secondly, there are the problems the solution of which a1·e to be aided by the availability ot gynoptic or other concentrated work in branches of geoP.hysics.

Lastly, the observation of major geophysical phenomena in relatively inaccessible regions of the earth e.g. Antarctica, because of their extraordinary effects, must be made to supplement the basic knowledge of the earth and solar and other influence9 acting upon it.

AND THEN EXPLORER I

Numerous failures resulted in the United States attempt to place its first satellite in orbit, but at length the first one--Explorer-joined Sputnik II in her lonely course.

Sputnik I had already burnt herself out. Already three more Explorers have increased the flow oi traffic in the upper regions of the Earth's atmosphere.

How then do these satellites function? The satellite, circling the earth in 90 minutes, passes over various parts of the earth's surface. Small, specially designed instruments send radio signals back to earth while ground radar installations are used to track its cours::!. There is an elaborate organisation for securing visual and photographic observation. Electronic computers are used to compute its orbit. From these data and from the signals received, the remaining information about the atmosphere at dif-

SPUTNIK ALONE A special :Ceature of the programme is the satellite project. The flight of a rocket is limited to a few minutes.

The United States and Russia plan to supplement the infor~ mation obtained from rockets

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Today, men are running fa~,ter, jumping higher, and generally creating new records on track and field that were virtually impossible to their forefathers.

0 n e of t h e reasons for this is improved

The most imPortnnt matche~ of tlw term were played for the Dure Shield. Thio.; was a k n ot·k· ou· competition.

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Reaching denser regions of the atmo9Phere it becomes heated eventually disintegrating and vaporizing like a shooting star.

Auel now for cricket!

At ".he end of fast term it. was announced that three boys had 1rained Cricket colours. The successru1 boys were D. A. Mc Wa tt.

F. G. Ramprashad and O. A. Baptiste. McWat'. and Rampra· shad a1·e not total strangers to Q.C. c1·lcket, indeed they made '.heir appearance in cricket sometime :igo and nave since become quite we-II-known to u~.

They have both featured in some fill9 innings, Ramprm,had :n particular being outstanding. Baptiste ls of more recen': origin. He has been playing cricket off and o.o for .some years now a nd finally settled down to the task of re,p resentlng the school about a year ago. Two of these boys may be leaving a". th'I! end or the aum• mer term. Their performance will be greatly missed, bu t their · departure should be ari inspiration to young cricketers to t ry hard ~o fJII the two vnc1mt pl:lrci; thus left.

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We did not have many practiN·s tluri!lg the term owing to ·the various exam~ w h ich took place. W l• playeu the Chinese by whom we were hl•a ten and w-e, tl rew with 11.C..C.C. in ano·,her friendly ma tc·h.

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Last year Russia created a major sensation when the first Sputnik weighing 185 lbs. was launched. Before the tumult had ceased she was once more in the news with a half-ton Sputnik II, carrying the first space-dog Laika. As yet America had but plans as :Car as the outside world knew.

She intended to launch about 12 satellites, ranging in diameter from 20"-30" and about 22 lb. weight.

The launching o:C her satellites was to be carried out by a threestage rocket.

The satellite, projected at a height of 200300 miles with a horizontal speed of 18,000 m.p.h., would trace out an elliptical orbit about 800 miles from earth at apogee, the plane of its orbit being inclined at 40° to the Equator.

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In th1? first round we , were matched against nookers and " e dl'<' W the first game one-all. ln the re-play we defeall'd tlwm 2-J. Ho wever, ·. hey then heat u s 2·nil and they got the dech;ion .

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