The QC Lictor - July, 1960

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GAMES TEAM TO TOUR TRINIDAD SELECTED '~Top" Twenty or "Luck~y" Twenty ?

The school's games team (20 strong) has been selected to tour Trinidad e a r I y August. The team is Bacchus W.H.; Butchey J.R.K.; Chan N.P.; Diyaliee R.B.; Dummett •th E. G .; B.; Gran t N .W .; G ran t R. E.; G r1"ff 1 Holder T.O.; Hope C.H.; Lashley J.W~M.; LeWIS • L•L.; M CW a tt D·"A .; N ewport E•G.; Ramprashad G. F.; Ramprashad J. R. G.; R 5• h J M 5 C5 • Roopnara1ne .; 1ng • .; pence • • and Thompson O.A.

A MOST WELCOME VISIT

school. Among these eight regulars we have five what I would call, "specialists'' that is cricketers w ho take part in n ei ther athletics nor football <carrying the grade as 10w as attendance to school practices .. , ~- - These "specialists are Ramprashad G. F. Roopnaraine, Grant N. W., Butchey a nd Lew{s'. Of these, Ramprashad is undoubted1y our second best batsman in the schoo1. an opening bowler and a capable fieldsman-as such h e is a major asset to the side. Gr ant 'next to noth ing" gui dance from N. W. fills the capacity as the only To many peoi:;le m the school, the games ca ptains and vice-ca}\- regular opening hatsman. Roopt his is just another team r epre- tains-th ough I admit that they 11:araine is the best spinner in the sentin g t he sch ool, and as such were consulted on th e subject of side a nd a good cover point fieldsthey h ardly do consider '1:he nature selecting a team and in fact they m a n. The above are "sure pick s''. a nd quality of th e team . To oth er s, were included :\t m eetings in the This leaves us with two remaining the selection of the team may preliminary stages. , "specialists''-Lewis and Butch ey.

Owing to the case of "conden- Lewis is a Jett hancf leg break · r esu lt in a critical r eaction. It is in the latter way th at I have been sation to 20'' as in oJint 2 abov e· bowler who has had nverage sitestruck by the selection of the 20- it was my firm belie·f that the first cess w ith the ball over the past. man ·team, a nd so h ere I am giv- consideration should be to pick Butchey is q uite a promising ing my views with a frank <i nd the three sch ool teams and tr.en batsman who started last season open mind. li I start m y criticisms proceed in th is order. First con~ in the 2nd XI, but was promoted r ight aw ay, I would b e opening sider those p ersons who are in to the first XI a nd has played two myself to unnecessary r ejection more than one school team--they Case Cup matches. On the 1st XI for my w ould-be rejectors would ~hould be the first "sure picks''. h e has done a little bowling. have been ignoran t of th e follow- Then of the remaining, consider W~at does he bowl? .. . . slow lee mg factual points, :md th ey them- those who play only one game spinners. Now, consider t h ese t.vo selves would make alternative and are n owher e near to school playe~--Lewis and Butchey . sugi;estions which are definitely standard in another game. It is in 8 :e ., t hey _really n eeded "specialG eneral assembly on the 17th not n early enough mon ey or unworkable. this second lot where the bulk of tiss conside r t he facts tha t 0 ) June 1960 certainly s tarted in an trained people to over come th em.

1. The games team is twenty t he 'ax ing" should take place. GrantC N. Y"· bowls slow leg extraordinary way. T h e mas ters This countr y is giving you a strong. Now, w hy? It was not How the selector s did their ontinued on Page 3 had all taken their p laces before good start in life in Qu~en's Colleft to the Q .C. officials to decide picking, it is not for m a to know the school as usual but several lege and you must try and acqu it on how many boys would com- ~Vlu~t I do know is !hat their seminu tes passed and 'the Pr incipal yourself t o come back and work prise the team. The arrangement lect1on has r es~lted m a co1~p.lete • and his deputy had n ot yet ap- for this country. I do not mean is that Qu een's Royal College, regular, a thl~hc team, an e1gJH ,In our last issue we r eported peared. The whole sch ool was that you must all go into the PubTrinidad will take care of accom- re~lar' cncket team . and a that the Centv 1 u;tth S h 001 standing wha t was the malt , lie Servict but it is just as importmodation and they it was whc, ··seven r egular" football S1de. :a _.~ c wa., It Id er · ant that there should be well CRICKET on way to gettmg their own _co1:1 not sai.d that they can accommodate W the n o Principal was have·u·been fi that ·1 the ed. uca ted men and women in any twenty boys and two masters- · L et us, however, try and stick . ur i zer. rgan. The organ has . wai ng or SI ence kmd of enterprist! in the country.' the same applies to Lodge School, tc, the selected 20 (for no change since arrived and been installed. before entering the Hall, bec~use T he res t of the mommg's Barbados. can be made) and firstly consider Now, one term later, we are every o~e was uncommonly silent business was then conducted and 2. As a result of the condensa- the cricket team. As it stands it happy to report that some old More tJ':1e passed aJ?-d still there afterwards the Head boy gave a tion of playe rs to 20 (for at. least will include eight regular 1st XI boys are thinking that the Queen's was no sign of the pair of Heads. vote of thanks d t d 27 boys comprise the full stren gth player s (McWavt,. Rampras~ads Auditoi-iwn ought to have its Extraordinary - ye~! - bu t holiday for t he s~i00f~~~~hewa: school teams in cricket, football G. F., and J . R. G ., Roopnarame, own organ not unexpected - for 1t was the sub .

1 and athletics) certain players had Spen ce, Grant N. W., Butchey Th · occasion of the visit of his Excelsequent Y granted. Mommg to b e "axed'' resulting in a weak- and Lewis) . The remaining three t d e rn~e, however, has nothing lency the Governor Sir Ralph assembly then en~ed with the ening of one, t wo or all of the pla yer s will automatically be 0 . 0 with the fact that Central Grey to the school T h school song and National Anthem. teams. "tallboy'' H~lder, ''9.9" Thomp- H'igh h.as acQuired the instrument, silence was roba.bl tt extreml~ T he_ Governor then made an 3. The team was selected almost son and ''chi.m~r~" Singh ; for we u nderstand . The idea started of deep conce~tratior{on t~/~~u's ~xtens1ye tour ?f. the school, d urentirely by the masters concerned among the rema1rung selectees, I at thP recent. !B.G . Music Festival part - ;" · 11se . tY h e mg wh· ich he VISlted n early ·t '"" try·mg to v1sua . every with t.'1e games ( have w e a can see no o ther person w ho even w h en 1 occurred ot Dr . F rank inspection f th G d 0f H !Oom m t he sch oo I. I t 1s. mterestgenuin.e football master?) wiffl-l plays 3rd XI c r i c k ~ the Williams,. an old boy, that in the ou r of Q .C~ cad:ts t~~~ lac~~~ mg to note that he had a look into 1962 ~estival there 0 ugti: to be an the main entrance, fromgt~e pier- th e con de~ed room at on e en d organist class. The idea was cing com man ds wh ich could be of the b uildu~g ~n d we_ wonder enth usi.astiel!lly received by the h eard comin g from the throat of wha t were h is im pressions t he champ ion choirmaster !Mr. R. N. the C.O. Capt. C.E . Barker. After mo~en t. ..

MoDavid, himself an old boy, and the inspection was carried ou t t he Ro~mally he v1s1ted the s taff • t ~ whe~. the staff was p reThe fact that th e school has a larship of some form or anoth er they have been working together Governor was escorted to his place by th e H eads of the School s~n e to . 1~ E~cellen cy. He functional Old Boy's A1::sociation would be asking too much of on it so far.

MUSIC EXAMINERS' and morning assembly continued s1g~ed th e VJS1tors Bo9k and was is evident to the school and to the Old Boys, for everyone is OPINION In h is welcoming speech afte; ;~~e:ol to acc~p t a copy of the th e public in general only on Old aware of th~ :act that ou r most The opl.nions of ·two recent prayers , th e Principal stated that Magazine and Newspaper.

Boys' Day. Such a situation is one prospero~s cit12ens of today were which should be greatly depre, ·once pupils of Q.C. M · E · h · · H .

E II h d · p schoo1 act 1v1 · ·t · . h. h usic xammers w o v1S1ted 1s xce ency a written a age ies m w i c · h h , · · · cated and should never be exp ected from t he graduates of Old Boys can participat e do B.G . were sought and as a result m t e- sc ool s history .m . being .

Queen's College. On the contrary, exist and range from debates three makes of electric organ are the fi~s t Govern or to JOm m . ou r the ex istence of the body and th e to games. Here I think, the school being considered : the Wurlitzer , mormng assembly and exercises .

He also said that Lady Grey . Our familiar school newspaper contribuJtion to its 'alma mater ' could l_e°:d a. hand, in inviting s1~C'h as t~P ?De a t the Central should be made so evident that our d1stmgu.ished old h?Ys as High Auditorium ; the Compton, would always be welcome to make first made its appearance on March 22nd, 1950, and this term one and all can be proud of being guest-<Speakers or a~rangmg de- of which there is only one also, a less official visit. old boys of Queen's. bates and games agamst them. A a t St. Philip's Church . and the The Governor i·n hi·s i·eply, the Q C Lictor celeb at ·ts 10th way in which the , . ,, . ' . · · . r es i Apart from this far-away rela- more .material u· ld b ,. t 'Gregonan, which has not yet stressed the impo1i ance of a good anniversary with a grand change. ssocia on cou e o, 11e1p o d ·t.s . · tionsh ip with the school, is th e A the school is by way of giving ma e I appearance .Ill B.G., but education and the advantage it Durmg the last 10 years the poor appeal of the association to financial aid to the forthcoming has had excellent "write-ups" so gives. He said, "In any country paper has been a modest but enyoung members, for example, :"here t~e n~bei· of yo~ng people terpr ising 4 page effort and the those who h ave just left school. Games Tour to Trinidad this far .

August.

I am su re that our Olrl Some year s ago, it i$ under• is so high in_ pro~ortion to the price has ranged from 6 cents a As it iK, the association ~onsist1; primarily of members of the mid- Boys Ar e in a position to help us stood, the Princip al, Mr. V. J . total populatio~1,_ it means unu- copy at its in itiation to 8 cents dle-age and oldish type and here, thus showing that t'hey do San ger-Dav ies approached Gov- sual oppor tunities for young and now 10 ce nts. This term's · t er es ts of th e RCh oo1 errunent w it h ' the suggestion . to . . or people . . pla y an importantb part pubhcahon however cr ea tes hisyoung potent i:>l members either hav e i h e m m the hfe of th e count ry- u t to t b b• .

• . keep out because of utter d is in · at h eart. The above suggestions ' r equest that a n organ be p ur- do that they must be trainerl in ory Y emg the first-ever 6 am sure wou go a ong way • I ld 1 terest in the activ ities or because in supplying that ext ra link wh ic!, chased for Q.C., but the approach techniques of modern life and P~e newsp~per. Moreov~r. the of that sensation of being out of is necessary for a fi rm relation- was unsuccel'>sful. more imp ortan t still, it must be price . of this l ar ger production place in an older age group. b et ween present andp ast It seems th at any effort to get f~r ?oys to have a good edu ca- remams the s~rne - although the ship The above two .situ ations can cost of producing it has been conhf' eliminated and the associa- Q.C. boys and would furnish that an organ for Q.C. will have to t10n.

In his Inst paragraph he ex- siderably m or e! tion considerably activated by a lT'uch needed stability to th e be along similar Jines to '!hose At present we cannot say if this used by Central H igh! Sub- h orted the studentsi who intend number of ways. Under the head- Association.

Concernin~ t:11e lack of api,eal scription by past and present to study ov~rseas to ret_urn and 6- page paper is here to· stay ing of 'Contribution to its Alma Mater,' I would suggest for a be- of the Association to the yourger b oys, plus an off~cial grant. What work for their cou~try- I expect in fact it is doubtful whether it ginning two topics: (1) the es- me1;1bers of our Old Boys, I _can bo t it fellows and Old Boys '. that a ~ot of you will ~o overseas will b e continued next term. The ' . to continue your studies. I hope . . , tablishment of an Old Boys' envisage at lea~-t two suggeshons a u Scholarship and (2) the partici- whid, can possibly cope with this Sure~y we C'&n do 1t.. Morever th€· that in all you do you will re- s1.tuat1on therefore. pose:; a chalpation of the Association in more problem. The first is the formation public should be interested a<; member that this is a country lenge to the nex t L1ctor staff, and i;chool activities. I do not think of a fun,::tional gc1mcs club whiC'h the Q.C. Auditorium is of great with great po~sibilities but ar, upon them ~ests the fate of this Continued on p age 3 service to hundreds outside Q.C. great handicaps and I am afraid n ew p roduction!

1h3t the establishment of a Scho-

GOVERNOR Af ASSEMBLY FOR FIRST TIME

A Q.C. ORGAN?

WHArs HAPPENING To OUR OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION ]

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LICTOR CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

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THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE LICTOB

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1960

-----------------------------------------------THE Q.C. LICTOR . World University Se1~viee U.C.W.I: SCHOLARSHIPS The new building which now FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1960 houses the World University Ser- - - - - - - - - -- - - vice centre was formally opened EDITORIAL BOARD in Mareh by Sir Donald J acksotl. .,. , The building is situated at 11 Editor Ji. t ·~ l Duncan Street, and the opening W.G.HO marked an important event in the work of the W.U.S. in the Assistant Editor Colony.

J. R. K. BUTCHEY. The Service has only been Features Editor existing for 2 years in B.G., but T. C. EDWARDS. i t h1:1s been established in the Sports Editor world for about 40 years.

The W.U.S. is a voluntary organisation W.H.BACCHUS with world-wide com1ections, end Treasurer the World University Service InG. H. RICKFORD. ternational Organisation has more than 50 branches through the Distribution Mana9er world.

A meeting of all the W.U.S. It. M. S. KHAN. organisations is to take place Supervisor shortly in Germany and B.G. will be reprl:!sented by Dr. J ames PerMr. S. R. It. ALLSOPP. saud, Secretary and introducer - - - - ~ - - - - -- - - N.B. The 11;ews exPJ·cssed by indi· of th~ w-1:1.s. in ~ .G. viduats a,·e not n ecessa,·ily those of the MaJor_ m_ternat1on~l . student l>dilo~ial Boat·d a11d Sclwo& as a 1ohole. and um:vers1ty organisations coEd. Q.CL. operate m the work of the W.U.S. -~~~~~~~~~~~~---The sponsoring unive1·sity and student organisations are - the In:terru..tional Assoc;ation of UniEDITORIAL versity Professors and Lecturers, P ax Romana, the World Student Christian Fedeartion and the I World Union of J ewi3h Students.

The U.C.W.I. has a consultative . tl . diti a status with UNESCO and is on 'Diere appears m ns e .9n the register ,'>f the ECOSOC. It letter calling for " fair play" fro{: also has working arrangements the autrorities. In regard to t e with the W.H.O. and I.L.0.

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matter of "fathirness" it mu;t O t~! >0inted out at many • lo,·s ·n school arc not all b cmg 1 b d ds ; fair in tlteir attitu c towar certain things.

The W.U.S. plays its p,art in the D . th' . · world in aiding students and unurmg is term _we were u:i,fortunate people-n<>t only on formed of the f?llowmg academic humanitarian grounds but also mccessl:!s, which res~lted fro~ beacuse students are regarded as the_ U.C.W.I. schola~s'lup exam1one of the most important ele- nah?n held early m the year. ments in society today The Ser- Grainger, Rodney W. A. and vice p rovides help to students in Thomas _E .A.. C. wc•n Open universities and to- those proceed- Scholarships. Holder G. B. ating to universities. It offers scho- tained t~e Cz~rnikow Open larsbips abroad and gives loans Scholarship while_ -~unar was and valuable advice. awarded an Ex~1b1hon. ~he school celebratE:-d m 'the hohday In B.G., free medical service is rrannu" for what was indeed a given at the clinics in Duncan fine performance, taking into Street to primary and secondary consideration the fact that only school s,tudents.

Here students ninP scholarships were awarded are examined and attended by to the entire West Indies. some of the most prominent doc- (Bishops' High School received tors in the Colony who have cone while the ot'1er four went to readily given their services vol- Barbados). untarily. The W.U.C. urges all . "WALLACHA" RODNEY, whn needv st dents to m ke us of h . • u . a e wrote English and History I.or t e this free medical service a nd to award, ,tands a.s the only Arts call at any time for advice.

Student dmon~ the group. R.t;irlney . . . has gone through t'he. classical I_t _is inter~;:tmJ to note that the line as •'top-hoy" and his pP.r~nt1sh Council, also off~rs va_lu- formance must be highlighted in able help to s_.ude~~s intendmg :his growing age of science. Outto go to uruvcrs1i1~,.)-and as side of thi? class room Rodne:v has already been announced by Mr. achievC'd colony-wide fame as a Cameron-those who ~ropo~ to clebator--he led Q.C. t<' victory in go to the U.K. should inform the the Dargan Shield Competitlcm.

Br. Council here beforehand, so Though far from successful as a that arrangements c~n ~ made footballer, Rodney has been se':!!' to meet th~m on their arrival,_ to making futile attempts in form secure suitable accommodation matches: and ns "Ohe,-;tnnt Walfor them, and t,, help them to bert" was on-::e famous in the settle down c?mfortably in their cricket (or is it bat and ball) new surroundmgs. l'.'ircles 0

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EWART THOMAS-of recent deemed a 'cro~s swiper'' has made many high ;:cores for Nobbs ··Troe ar.d Silloh'' fame (strictly to his friends) is a hoy of amaz- House. mg academic talent. Leaving thE:' To all these successful students Fifth Clessical with 10 ordinnrv and also to our many ''hopes," DISSATISFACTION The numbers of the School when they are expected to take level subjects, Ewart changed (e.g. Weelow, Ba ng, J3,isci, Rust , t some time Staff will be sadly depleted next a study course leading to the over into the scientific line doing etc) I extend ''Good luck, to Several persons a b di . term as a very large proportion Diploma of Education.

I•hysics, Chemistry, Pure Mathe- :vou," in the A Levtl Exam, and or other find reason t~ . ~ 1.: will be leaving by the time Sepmatics and Applied Mathem1:11ics. I do trust that through you, Q.C. pleased b y sometlting. 1his ~n . tember comes around. Some o1 In Septembet, too, Mr. Lall In spite 0f his. being hand1rapped will again P.chieve hoth Guiana self is not unmatured for it is the ma~tE=rs are about ;to- retire hopes to take up his Canadian ~Y. not., h~~mg pursued the Scholarships. common knowledge that every· others are going on study leave, Commonwealth Scholarship at _modern ltni:: from the Four~'h lteatures Editor. one cannot b e pleased, though while a few are going on vaca- Saskatchewan University.

This lorm, he _wa~ able to star 1P. his most p ersons arc usually satisfie~. lion. .scholarship is tenable for two field. While m the Jnwer S:xlh, ~~~!!!!!!~!!!!!1!~~~~~~~~ ,vhat is important, however, is GOING INTO RETIREMENT -years and has been granted ).mder l~st year •. ~e !ike Kunar, ~bthat the dissatisfied persons The entire school and especially the Commonwealth Scholarship tame~ a d1stinct101: in Pure with of th& very many students who L Appl1ed M~ th<>mat t the 'A' haveClayton had theinhonour ofro()m. meeting simply sit back and grumblc - the .math,ematicians, suffered: a and F ellowship Plan. . 1~s q . Mr. the form on 1 ·ct do notliing about the matter! severe blow-the depar.ture ot .ev~l. Agau:., he, 1S hke K un~, m is this b eing fair to tltemselves Mr. Whittaker who has gone on . From September, Mr. Marayan ha_vmg sat four A 1 level s~tbJucts the stage as well as on the playarties con- leave prior to retirement.

Mr 1s expected to p~oceed to t'he !h1, year. On the athletic field ing field. d t th Oth an e er P Whittaker was an energetic, help· U.K., where he will be engaged Thomas' name has been heard INTERVIEW cerned? fol a nd very likeable master. in a two year coum~ leading to many a time in the p,reliminary Concerning his teaching INlTIATIVE NEEDED Apart from rendering his useful an Honours degree in Physics. stages of our sports. With a bat of English, his comments were y l1 ·ght services in :the classroom during in his hand and pads on hii: feet based on the Senior students ou P,crsons ~vc every n mathematical lessons, he was VACATION he featured ; n the last House since it was the Senior part of to f~e1 ~iscontcut if your reasons very often seen assisting our cricket compe~ition as "Lurnsden". the school that he h as J'Y'Ostly are JUStifiecl, but you must do ''Juniors" at cricket. Mr. Whit· Mr. Clarke will be leaving us At prei::ent he 1s a Lance Corporal taught. He said that the standard something a bout the matter ?r taker will spend part of his leave :;hortly (20th July) on a six- in the Cadet Corps. can be favourably compared with else you will continue to be dis· ;n th e U.S.A. while the rest will month vacation. Scare a fortnighr ''BENr-.i-Y" HOLDER :is well that of English grammar schools. later, Mr. Drayton goes on a 3- known as C.S.M. in the Cadet He stressed that in his three satisfied. Take this newspaper, be spent in the U.K. for example. l\lany of you arc After 29 years with us, Mr. month holiday in U.K Mr.. Brown, Corps. He is spending his second years teaching students for the disappointed with this paper and Chung leaves on vacation on the as you all know left early in the year in the Upptr Sixt11, having 'A' level he was fortunate in you may have som e justification, six th of September prior to re- t~rm fo~ the U.K. He will resume passed 3 subjects at the 'A' lF?vcl having a real " top boy'' each for 1·t is far from b eing the idea] tirement. Mr. Chung joined the h is duties as GE:ography Master exarr,. last year. Writing papers year. Firstly there w'ls Dabydeen, It has its faults ' and staff as a n acting master in 1931, from next term. in P1Lre Mathematic~ and Applied then Robinson N. A. and now newspaper. Ii . ] k.10 b t and his appointment was made Rodney W. A. Of tresF? thrl:!e stusevcral qua ti~s _arc be u pt>rm:mt>nt in 1934.

Until 1950, dents, Mr. Clayton laid emphasis I what are you omg a out Mr. Chung was master ar.d then to face the cheering school), ort Robinsl<>n N. A., ila•,'1 ;yparfs The. fault may lie in the lw became the school's Woodwork ~ playfully and apparently uncon- Guiana Scholar. He spoke of editorial staff-but its me mbers Master, which position he now I have sat in at Hall As£emblies sciously took up his hymn book, Robinson as a boy with a rare cannot he blamed - rem ember, holds. many a time and hundred~ of opened it and closed it. At this imd gifted feeling for ''English'' they have been elected bv you STUDY LEAVF: times r h ave heard chee.ry; for one same time, the lusty cheers were and hoped that Robinson wili one and it is your duty to appoint the . , . thing or an?ther but never be!~e ~alted b)'.' Mr. Camer~n's signal, day become a P rofessor of English most capable p ersons-but how . Mr· Moore will be . leaving have I noticed every single boy .. nd havmg been s?.tisfied that at U.C.W.I. where he would b e man of ,•ou do in fact turn u 1>at in September on vacation and and Master ch eering lustily. there were no more late arrivals, of unbounded. assistance . to ? ~tudy leaive for St. ,J:-hn's Col- I myself was cheering to my Mr. Cam&ron brought an end to many West Indians . Concerning 1 c ec on me . . iege, Cambridge University where heart's content, and m:v vision ,he morning's assembly. our pla?"s, Mr. C 1 a Y ton What you dissatisfied p ersons he wil' tuke an Ho:v:n1rs dE-greo:: was wandering around when it I was one of the fortunate one~ spoke h1ghlr of the standought to do is to. ~upport. the cour$e in History. . . came to rest 0:1 the 'centre-piece'' who heard of Mr. Clayton's goin; ard of 'dramatJ_cs' in the editors by sub1rutt10g article!> Mr. Jackson and _Miss Aka1 are of the occi;sion - Mr. Clayton. on leave for some tim~ previously, ;layto~ spok,e hig~y. o~ the which you deem worthy enough g,:iing on leave m September There he sat-young in appear.: and so I was in a position to ob- ,tandard of dramatics 1!1 the -or at l east you should criticize ~nee and as usu~l a 1:eatly attired tain a short interview with him s~hoot He wa~ aske~ . to give_ a the publication openly and make The names of those s!~dents cr~atur-blushmg bk~ a boy ad- loi:1 Wt>d June 22) . I thoroughly direct c?mpar~son with En~foih suogestions to the editors so that who have "school colours were mired hy a pretty girl for the enJoyed the forty minutes inter- s~hools smce it was these ,,ame th~v can know what is wrong and read out and these seven~1.l:!n first time. The che~ring went on view because of the very inter- Pays ~·.rt.> dp:od~ce that he ~a~ try 'to correct the faults Instead boys were made to stand up in a~d ~r. Clayton with his head estinf! things Mr. Clayton had t o .<;1 e~ s.aie m ngland. In snte h th t · d ·' an extending line in front of the still tilted downwards (tao shy say couoler:I with my being one o .e act that man y of. these .owcver, a 11 a yo~ ever o JS ~eated remnants of the school. °" E_n ~hsh schools had c~rtam tras1t back and .complam tl1at yo.!1 After ren dering exalted praises , ~ ,, d1t1ons, ou~ pr?duchons have arc n ot getting your money s unto those that stood in full been su perior in all aspect~ worth. This ~s _the wrong ap· glory, Mr. Cameron called up ~ M < except cost~mes and propert~es. proaeh and 1t 1s not at all fair. each boy separately and with a ,... ~; Commenting. on ou~ athletic3 Remember that tltis is the sch ool friendly smile presented him ~r. C!ay!on said that 1t was of a newspaper-vour newspaper and with h·is coveted tie. ., ~~ 1gh gra0e and he was sorry th~t as such vou ' must play your part. Owing to their colour (black ~ ~ t~,ere coul~ not be more ~ompet1with thin gold stripes) these ties ·v ~~ t ive meeLiP/gs to h elp 1mpr?ve . ~tand out remarkably from the .l'-' .J ,~ th e standa~d. He was so m_ u ch 1mrcgular school ties. just ·as their ~ ~res~ d with. our -athle~1cs that nustanding wearers stand out '" e ~aid he will be carrying_ over . from other members of the ~~ a hst of our recorcls to h1:; old . • • 1o. ... .,J school Hall School On Friday May 13th great school. The cl1stmgu1shed pos- ~ ,,, t h Ac:klama U b h b t · . <,,'> 1e oys w at a e: tl:!r ' interest was ' roused among the ,,essors of th ese new t·ies are.See tl•e ....~~ I ot s ow .

Chan. N.P.; Chesney. HAD: ' r., Fine Selertion at ,,, 0 we ~re. boys as well as among the masters Diyaljee RB· Edwards TC· ,, ,'> On his way back home Mr. as our Pr incipal (acti:::ig) arrived Grant NW· Holder TO ·· Khan' Clayton will stop off at Ror'l<> (i11 at assemble with a number of RMs;'Luck: RE; M~Gow~n. WF; ! ~~ mid _A~gust) for thir!een :b:v:, strange looking articles re- McWatt, DA ; Ramprashad, GF: ~ • · , • ..~ :o w1tne~s the ':)l_YffiPKS. H e r sembling ti es. Such was the in- Ramprashad, JRG; Rodney, WA, :, ~- .. l_:0 hopmg to v_1s1t ~r. K~ats_ at troduction of "tics for school RoopnariM, R; Singh, JM; Spence ,~ 23. \VATE~ STREET ,~ LI1~bhon antd d1t~itng his, Wvacat tion ,, . , 1P opes o wri e on · <'s 1ncolours to the entll"e school.

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M:ithematics in the U.C.W.I. examination he succeeded in gaining his scholarship. Outside of school work, Benrv has been seen regularly in House Football as ''E" House's full back; 1:1nd quite recently was seen (at least fielding) in House Cricket. As an athlete "Benny" has had many suecesses.

"GAMBENA'' GRAINGER, like Holder is a second yt.?ar Upper Sixth Modern student. Last year he pass~d. Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathl:!matics :ind Physics al the London 'A' level. At the U.C.W.I. exam, h is work in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathe:natics earned hi:n on Open Scholarship. The name "Gambena" has, always been associated with Chess-the game of wits--in which he exc~ls. In the last House Cricket competition ''Gambena'' wag, seen in his white rhorts and a bat in his hand, cdging successfully for Austin House.

"Gambena" reached the fourth round in this year's Senior Tab1e Tennis Competition.

"OIL'' KUNAR, who hails from Ogle F ront h as come through the school with a favourable academic reputation. Offering both Pure and Applied Mathematics at the U.C.W.I. examination. he was rewarded by being ,-,ffered an C'X· hibition. As a "house -competition" cricketer "Oil"', al.though

• '.rHE QUEEN'S COLLEGE LICTOR

MONDAY, JULY 11. 1960

W I PE OUT THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT Dear Sir,

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Should we take it upon ourselves to believe that, a . . 'th h sch 001 . wi sue a g1or.1o1;1s reputation as ours, has now reached the stage when it breeds ·1 h l xh'b't th pup1 s-,. ~ o open Y e. l J • e ~entahties of po~nti~l crunmals Yet there is evidence of th'1s rig · ht before our eyes.

A "hush-hush" report was rel~ased st~ting that boys ':"ere rapidly losing personal articles in school. The report went on to state that many fountain pens, including 1 Parker and a Watermans, 3 Lumber-Jacks, one gold watch and a stamp-album (va!ued at around $200,, were reported either lost or definitely s tolen. Even those few articles that are really lost, rarely turn up at the "lost-property" office.

Before Mr. Sanger-Davies :e~t, he urged that we. sh~uld get ~1d of that sparse mmonty of dishonest beings before th.ey really bec~e menacing. He sa1d further that 1t was the duty of the other boys to catch and report them.

We know for ourselves, that 0 mast':rs and prefects a~e domg their utmost to curb th15 menace. We should at least meet them half-way in their quest. We boys ho~d an unwri.rtten law abuot "sneaking". That is quite all right. But there is a limit. I, for one, hold the idea that for any misdemeanor, the wrong-doer himself should own up. If he does not, it is only a "sneak" who would do it for him. But steahlng is not a misdemeanor. rt is an act of a criminal mind. We ought to help our superiors to get rid of such wastrels.

Looking forward to your belt>.

Yours truly, Ernest A. Sandford. .

Supe~sor's. Note: We share th? writer's Just anger at the evident thefts perpetrated in the school. However there has been no ''hush-hush" report made or released. On the contrary we raise a hue and cry eac.h time a loss is reported and in a few cases articles have reappeared.

S.R.R.A.

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Visu al Aids Needed Dear Sir, I hope I may draw the attention of the authorities concemed to the fact that there is not much to distinguish the Geography Room from any Form-room.

There are paintings etc, in abundance in the Art Room; there are

C lassical Background Important

manyoftheseboy~lookbackwith regret that they did not enter the Classical stream. Either he fails to achieve good results at this examination or after entering the lower sixth modem he finds that his classical background is rather r 't d 1011 e .

The student who decides to go classical is in by far the better position He does Arts subjects up . a little . to fifth ·form with bt. t of science and if at this stage he wants to do Science he can easily switch over to the Remove.

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breaks, (2) Thompson, a top (Continued from Page I) athlete, will be playing cricket sidered him a top player and send . and is a bowler and · (3) -the him among the happy twenty as Sir, cricket match is a 2-day affair a "specialist."

At the outset I will admit and here we will have to put up that the present system of'streamwith Butchey and his ''rate of !Now, of the seven regular . , . , . ,, ., · ,, d th ht t Payers 1there are the two full mg s tudents into class1cal mo_coring . 0 n secon oug 1e backs, the three half backs and dern' and 'general' lines has been us n.ot be too rash ?ut. stop and two forwards. This mear.s that the a great deal of imporvement on hconsidber wha_tththe bowlu~g wo1;1ld forward 'ine (i the att1ck' will · . l ly .~.weak · · ' t h e previous system. I sh·11 th'm k fave Lt! een . w1d Bouttchthe inclusion R be automati.: I thu w£ akhowever, that this early stream~had wisMa~ tt u ;Y· am~ra- est, almost crumbled part being ~g of students is far from the Spe~ce, ~o!p~on ;;J>n~~~: the lef~ ,si.ll:J: ;Vhat. r.bm1t the ideal. who can't be? (if Butdhey could defence. fhe ha.f an~ fu!) bad,s be,) could be classified as bowlers are a_U thcr~ but .alas. beh.r.rl the: Now that the preparatory and In the modern form it is found - making it six bowlers out of ~ack~, and Just m front of t~e first forms have been abolished that these are the students who nine cricketers. (The full team in f,oa~:nere JS tJne. of the schools 0 all students enter by the second make the better scholars.

Trinidad will therefore comprise gs 1ae t~epe.;·s. ' )!>. thdis ~o,Jd (·nough fi d ft d. t i ht b 1 ) w· h h. . e c ions. I. l '.ln t you cun(orm adn a derhspedn fimg w)~ yeahrs Th d fi h' d b k e? d a°wbo~ . f t~ t i~ clear !n sider a !;oal kePptir an importsecon an l tr orms m ! e e reme y or t e raw ac :nm . o o ese p1ayers. m ant person to the side? _ As a School they are asked to decide in the presen t system of stream- ques~ion. reall:,: deserve selection iesult of this we will be see·ng whether they wish to take up Arts ing therefore is to have Classical considering pomt 3 above? c ne of two "House" goalkeeper~or Science. I s this fair? The boy forms up to upper fourth or fifth Ramprashad G. F. or Singh who decides to do sciences invari- form level. At this stage the stuFOOTBALL between the uprights. Which one ably does so, not because of his dents would be in a better posi- Now for the f otb 11 Th will be seen depends on who calls ability at third form science, 1:mt tion to make a decision, free from seven ;egular is;XI ~l~yer:r(~~~: ~orrectly_ when the coin goes up because of some preconception disillusions of the grandeur of chus Chan Dyaljee Griffith m the air. What about our left of a career. If not this, then it is sciences and the dullness of arts. Lashley H~lder and Rampra~ side of the forward line (for the because he is in stilled by his shad J. 'R.t The oth.?r four who, tw? ."regular" forward$. going to parents to do science. At this Thanking you, I understand, wHl comprise· the 'J'.nmdad are both right side stage he is disillusioned by the I am, XI arc Dummett, McWatt, Ram- si~e P.layers)? The battle for left grandeur of science and the dullYours truly, prashad G. F. or Sinih, and New- wmg is between,, Newport and ness of arts. After taking their T.R. PRASHAD port or Grant. Of the seven Grant,, R. E. ( ~rounds ..a~d science subjects at ordinary level L6.M. "regulars," the first four are Sarg; ) -; a~out their capabihties "specialist.s''-Chan and Griffith -.·· ·-:-· · · · .McWatt who goes are to me, unreplaceable in their a~to~atically mto the • football N ASE I respective positions. As for Bae- side is no _stranget to the .game F Al R SELECTIO PLE • chus (he will not be considered and on taki~g the game se:1ousl.Y . .. a "specialist' if there is hop, step c~ prove ~is worth over .m TriSir, . . !h~ authonues are pr_?b~bly and jump in athletics he is cap- mdad. This leave§ us with one Yo.ur last p~bhcatton .of the thmking that boys of. the. Fifth tain of the school football team footballer - ..pummett. I have Q.C. L1ctor ~ned a glowm~ re- M.odern are m.ore sc1ent1fical1y and although his personal football purpo~ely left hun for last beca1;1se port of t~e ~1fth Modern trip to mind~d than their col.leagues from play is "running smartly down h~re JS a lad whose ..selection Mackenzie m. the early part. of the Fifth Re~oves. smce the for- decline road his speed, excellent, rmgs a strange. surpr1S1!1g and last term. This report has remind mer were domg Science from the stamina, and will to work hard, unwanted be,U m my. mm~. To ed me of the fact that every year, Lower Fourth. If they are think- might pay off as well as add in- me Dummett s selection 1s the a select group of boys from the ing this way, then they are labour- spiration to the team. Finally m~st t re~ar:abi~ liove that "the Fifth Modern are privileged in ing under a delusion, for they are Diyaljee, he has always been an ~e fc ors !: ou ave made.··· making this tour. Whenever out- overlooking the fact that in Fifth overated player so it is quite easy e ieve me. siders read in the newspapers a- Removes, there are boys who wer~ for the selectors to have con(Continued on Page 5) bout these Fifth Form trips to educated along Classical lines, Mackenzie, they are of the opin- therefore the gesture which these ~~~~~~""~~~~~~~~~~~~~--.,~~~~ ion that a re;-:-.::sentative section boys have made in entering the WHOLESALE of our science Fifth is being Fifth Remove to pursue Science, RETAIL \~ shown the technical (and other) indicates that they have a genuine aspects of the "bauxite city". interest in this field.

ATTENTION COLLEGIANS. What these outsiders do not know I t could also be that funds do is that only boys from a certain not permit 8 members from each part of the Science Fifths are al- of the Fifth Remo".es and F~th all sizes WHITE SHIRTS lowed to go on these tours.

Modem to make this yearly tnp.

What I - and certainly many In this case, I would suggest that long or short AMERICAN KHAKI PANTS other boys - would like to know the 3 best boys from each of these is why this annual trip is confin ed Forms be taken along. to members of the Fifth Modern.

These then are the existing conSHOES1 BELTS, UNDERWEAR, Surely the other scientifically ditions. What are the authorities minded boys of the Fifth Form, going to do about the matter? all at reasonable prices to suit your pocket at that is, boys of the Fifth R~mo:"es \Yill they ~ow in favour}f l;~diequally deserve to make this tr!P? !!o~ or ~~I they. s~y yes to In actual fact, boys of the Fifth fair play ? This 1s left to be Removes have a better c\~ f?r seen .

16 , i\'ater Street Dial 61067 this tour since they spec1ahze m Yours Science.

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charts, there maps are etc, photographs in the History e in !!!!g!!!!d!!!!o!!!! ne!!!!.~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~(!!!!

L6 !!!!M ~ ) ~~~~~~~~~~ room; in b~ the Music Room but there are only two (2) maps in the Geography Room, both of British Guiana. The walls are now bare and Q ne Stamp Alb um b e long1ng · · h ae1 W 001er (2D), it has been about one and a half to MlC terms since something was on valued at about $200 (tWO hundred dollars), these walls. What is happening ?

Are there no Georgraphica1 pieThis album disappeared under hardly doubtful circumtures etc, in Queen's College with stances at the lunch-hour on Tuesday, 14th June. is a black . h I h "G h' h w lC to supp y t e eograp l"Triumph'' Album about .12'' by 8" and about 2Yi II thick. cal" room? Please help, Sir, because Geography is a very imSomebody MUST know where it is. Can no one help us portant subject. to recover it ?

DABI SINGH,

Old Boys' Assoc1·at1·on

(Continued from Page 1) could arrange for all it members to take part in all games Q.C. has produced and will always continue to produce ''greats" in all fields of games. To whom do these fellows give service after their school carel'?r? They become scattered and non-distinguishal-lt>, some throw away thtir talent and stop playing, and others hE'comt> attached to different clubs in the co1.1.ntry. Such & position is clearly not encouraging, and we who are now playini games ,.;.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~• for the school' would like to have the fore-knowledge ithat wher:. we leave school, there is a fixed group whom we can represent and hence still hold up the name of Queen's in glory.

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The 5econd suggestion is the a11"anging o~ ;morf.'l frequent meetings. of the association. The meetings should in all cases be: so arranged as to be of interest to both 7oung and old members of the association.

The few suggestions stated above would, I hope evoke some thought from our vast number of well respected old boys and I am sure that if some are put into practice, they will serve to de)~ tnonstrate how energetic and ~ thriving an Old Boys• Associa~" tion, the school possesses.

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SCOUT NOTES

MEMOIRS OF MUSIC FESTIVAL The fifth biennial British Guiand Music Festival was a very successful one for Queen's College.

The final sessions were held in cur auditorium and consequently we were at home. Miss Dolphin, the Music Mistress and the Principal, Mr. V. J . Sanger-Davies worked very conscier.tiously to prepare ui:: for the Festi\'al.

RECORD ENTRIF.S FROM Q.C. Members of the school made

The Junior Cho;r A, singing 'Westering Home', arr. by Roberton won the Doniger Cup for the best Bc.•ys Choir for the third time in succession. This choir aJso won the, British Gui a nia Music Teachers' Association Cup for Secondary Srh1Jols 12 years and over. They sangt 'The Fairies Riote' by Mendelsi:ohon and defeated the girls' schools for the first tir.11!.

Ray Luck, L.R.S.M., won the Open Pianoforte Solo Class and the Adult Instrumental Championship. The Male Voice Choir !:cored the biggest upset of the Festival when we won the Sir Charles Woolley Cup, defeating thP Police in a straight conte~.

The Choir sang 'The Shepherd'!= Song' by Elgar and 'The Hermiiagc' by Schubert.

entries and a total of 160 boys took part. There were 8 entries m choral classes, 7 in Verse Speakmg, 21 ill Pianoforte and violin solo .3rd dut-t (for which the entrc.nts wt-r~ prepared by their private music-teachers) and 81 in vo<'al solo and duet classes.

School Choirs gained 3 first p,lacl-19 &nd 1 third. Verse Speakers scrapl!d 1 second and 1 third plac~, Singers 6 ~econds and 5 HIGHEST SCORER thirds, pianists and violinists 3 Perhaps the greatest ac'hievefir,ts, 2 ~econds and 1 third place. ment of the Festival was the OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT awarding of the Balram Singh Rai Wendel! Wilson placed second Cup by Dr. Wiseman to Ray Luck. to John Moses and Gecrge Rick- He was awarded this magnificent trophy for his outstanding perford singing with his delightful fo rmance in pianoforte sightsister Dawn gained second place in the Adult Mixed Ver.al Duet. reading under 18 for which he ·-===============iilgained 95 marks---.ithE; highest 11 mark in the Festival.

This 3.chievements was the crowning glory for the school.

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I am sure that the greatest pleasure and enjoyment derived Crom t he Festival was not in the i-:ctual winning of Cups and certificates but in learning and performing the test pieces. I must 'xpress the thanks of the performers and tht school at large to Miss Dolphin, Mr. SangerDavies and Mr Clayton for the part they played in securing this c_nJ_·oy_m_en_t _fo_r _us_ _ _ _

For the term the Scouts have already had a full programme of activities. During the Easter vacation, Patrol camps were held up at the Base - both at Camp Jubilee and Redw.-.ter Creek. These ramps climaxed weeks of intensive training, and consequently, our Scou,ts are now experienced in \'al ious branches of campcraft. In ~ddition to this, we have been re.presented at Badge and other training courses both at Atkinson Field and L.B.I. estaite. Indeed, the increase in badges has been tremendous. Over 40 badges have already been gained for the term in subjects covering First-aid, Camping, and Public Service.

Progress tow.'.ll'ds the 2nd and 1st Class. Badges h as been very satisfactory. P.L. Daniels h as complete<'! his First-Class, simult3.neously qualifying for his Bushman's Thong and seems certain t:> gain his Queen's Scout Badge by end-of-term. P.Ls' Francis and Robinson are following up smartly while for the Juniors, Mangal, Khan, Hubbard, Patterson, Low and Mornson have also gained awards.

Our main object this term is preparation for the Rally in Leguan, and our TrooP. Camp on the Essequibo Coast. For the f'ormer we intend sendu1g two patrols, one Senior and one Junior. To assist with the general expenses, our ex-Senior Scouts will be holding a dance in the srhool on Friday, July 29. This should provide an excellent opportunity fur members of the upper school to enjoy themselves at a moderate price.

G. H. Rickford A.S.M. (actg)

XMAS CARDS f'OR QUEEN'S COLLEGE

L.R. S.M. -NOW L.T.C.L.

Queen's College is once again up to its old tricks, namely that of establishing new customs in Secondary Schools in British Guiana. This time, it has decided to make a move towards ordering its Buy own specially designed Christmas Cards.

However, this custom will not be entirely new ;to this institution, as will be most proudly and definitely confirmed by our old boys of yester-years.

Cards, specially designed for Queen's The \Vorld's Best Auto After a lapse of 15 years, p lans College were once in E'Xistence 4-Specd Record Changer are afoat to start a Rover Scout ·about twenty-five. years ago but Changing 5 sizes of any rrew ir. the school. This ic; really due to a lack of m tere~ on the an advanced branch of Scouting students' part, the practice was one Speed Record and aims at preparing young men forced to a premature end around 1940 · for manhood as well as inculcating . .

Model RC 121/ MK2 N~w, howev~r, the mteres,t in a sense of duty and respansibility in the community. In addition, the idea of havmg our.own Xmas Hovering offers wide fields of ad- C~rds seems to be rev1:7ed. A cerPRICE $75.00 venture, opportunity, and new htam CardtlCompanty ~ Englan~ experiences. as recen . Y sen us s~ semp1e5I at At present, w~ are fortunaite in of Greeting Cards which. they posses.,ing _th e i:ervices of a ;ake I ~ .r othe~ schools 1°:thth~ Scouter trained in Rovering at dest n ies . ~ wed CS:n ei ei . or er an ongma1 es1gn or a G1lwell Park, England. Any youtih modification of one of the samover 17, and with a love for ad- ples. The cost of the card will be venture and the out-of- doors may in the vicinity of twenty cents 64, King Street _ Dial 3114 enrol. Membership in the Rover depending on how elaborate a Crew may be continued after one's design is required. Should the inSC'~ool nays are o,·er - until the terest in this venture b e great '.!:= ==========~ age of 25. enough as ito f ulfil an order for at '""'·-0~~~.,~0-~~~,~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~.(; '~~~,. least five hundred cards, Queen's ~" , ' WI·11 no d oubt h ave th e d'st' 1 me t·10n of be~g t~e. only_ Seco!ld~ ~ School 1!1 Bntis~ Guiana with its own designed X Mas ~1rdite

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Our premier musician, Ray Luck, LR.S.M. has just gained dnother honou:- for himself and thf' school by becomin.l{ a Llcenfo,te of the Trinity College, London. Ray will receive an honours diploma for he gained a distinction in both th~ry and practical examination.

I extend to hin: hearty congratulations on behalf o.f the school.

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On the occasion of their 24th an11iversary, the Scouts sponsored a successful FIELD-DAY on Saturday, 28th May. All troops in Gcorgetowr. were invited to send representativf' patrols to take part in an afternoon of fun and games. and competitions in Scouting skills.

Owing to the inclement weather the programme had to be held in the school basement and the neighbouring lawns, instead of at the Scout H/Q- so Queen's were truly hosts for the afternoon! By 2.30 p.m. 14 patrnls had been registered and th<' scheduled programme swung into action:-(1) Erection uf a Flagstaff. (2) Construction of a camp gadget. (3) Undressing Relay. (4) Newspaper Relay. 't5) First-Aid Relay. (6) Message Relay. (7) Knotting Race, and (8) A Hand-Signals competition.

The Scouts enjoyed themselves immens\?'lY despite the k een competition and one ran well imagine thE> hilarity caused by some of the e·;ents partic11larly the Undressing Relay, the Message Relay wit!h its distorted m~ssages, and the Newspape-r Relay where sheets of

O' LEVEL EXAMINATIONS This year the school will be putting forward 292 candidates to face the tape' for the External Ordinary Level Examinations. \Of this record number of entrants 205 are students from the school a~d 817 ~e students _from the Evenmg Science and M1scellaneous classes.

O:f the 205 candidates entering from the school, there are 4~ from the Fifth Removes 86 from the . ' . d Fifth Modern, Classical an General, 61 from the Upper Fourths and 9 candidates will b e: taking supplementary subjects.

From the Fifth Forms there are 3 b oys who have entered for 9 subjects and 4 from the Uppert d f 5 b Fourths have en ere or su . t Je;.~e examination began on the 4th of July, and the ·Lictor'. would like to take this opportunity of wishing 'goo~ lu~k' to ~11, those under "examination stram.

newspaper had to be used as stepp ing-stones.

At the end of the afternoon, Mr. Brassington, Secretary of the Local Association presented prizes to 1;1e three winning patrols. These were:lst:-Mongoose (Q.C.) - P.L. Francis.

2nd:-Plovers (Sea Srouts) I'.L. Shuffler.

3rd;-Rattlesnake (Q.C.) -P.L. Paul, F .

These p'ltrols recf'ived respectively, a Morse Key and Buzzer set; a Billy-can set; and an assortment of Scout literature. Judges mclude:l Scouters from Georgetown troops.

The Q.C. Scouts finished the celebration in typical 'Mauby & Puri' style round a rousing CampFire.

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HAPPY SEND OFF Friday the 29th of April is known by you all as t!h.ree days before our Principal, Mr. V. J. Sanger-D~vies left B.G. shorts to spend, we hope, a perfect ''fur. lough". It was a normal school clay and few do know what tvok place in Room 20 during 3.20 p.m.

-4.00 p.m. Well, for the benefit of you who know not, I will report.

The Prefects body held an informal meeting at which Mr. Snager Davies was presented with a silver Cocktail Shaker on which " ' as engraved : To V.J. S-D. From Q.C. Prefects 1959-60 BEST WISHES. This was a meeting that will dawn forever in the memories of Lhose present. ' R. M. S. Khan, head of school, made the actual presentation and on behalf of the Prefects, wished Mr. Sangar-Davies a most rafe and enjoyable journey and holiday.

The Principal addressed the Prf'fects, giving encouraging praise to them as a body. Included in his address was his assurance that he was confident that the prefects would complete their ter mof duty with continued proficiency.

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Saturday the 2nd J uly was a date that at least one person had in his mind for some time. The • person is Aubrey Ludwig Robinson, our dep uty head Prefect.

On this date Aubrey left the colony by plane for Trinidad.

From there he travelled by sea en route to England. In England.

THE ARISTOCRAT OF AJ,L BICYCLES .. he will enter Brighton Technical College, Sussex, where he will undergo a three-year course leadDistributors ing to a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, :followed by a year's PRADASCO CY CL E STORE, LTD. ~ practical training at a firm.

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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1960

IMMEDIATE ACTION

CORENTYNE HIGH. SCHOOL

A couple of months ago you ea.sly sovled by the erection of a inations which can be taken here might have read in the daily easily solved by the erection of include the College of Preceptors papers about the aid which Gov- a new biulding which has been and the Senior Cambridge examernment was planning to give to construced along the most inations Now that laboratories

by Our Sports Editor L e t us no t f orget th at a h ea 1th · y . · . d L t most of our Secondary Schools. modern Secondary High School have been included in the new b nd y f os t ere; a h ea 1th y mm . e Th . . b · · · Twice in the his tory of our me also remind you, my col- . is is ~urely one of the m~st asis. . . . building and there being a great school have w e borne the hum ilia- leagues, of the closing address of iong-awaited . and truly beneficial The new building which has nope for , more qualified teachers, tion of having lost both the .Tacob our Principal, last term. While moves on the part of our pre- been erected on ten acres of the school will, undoubtedly, in and Dias Cups. However, what has stressing :the primary importance sent Government which has spacious land, donated by the a few years time be preparing struck me as being particularly of academic qu?.lifications, he re- received, since its accession to Port Mourant Estate, is fanned students for the Advanced Level significant is the fart that this mi~ded_ m: that our. a~~iw partici- power, nothing but critisms for continuously by the cool breezes G.C.E. and so reach the standard has happened within four years-, pahon in nther achV1ties, such as most of its projects. from the Atlantic Ocean nearby. of Queen's and the other estab, 1957 and now 1960. ga~es w~uld prove _a mos~ v_alu- Among the many schools re- A very large playing-field is lished secondary schools.

Is this merely an unhappy inci- al) e a.sse •. . Our Ac<tmg Pr~ncipal, ceiving this overnment Grant is adjacent to the school and the dent, or is our high standard at hle _alsb0 .li?trmgsf to our tntotit~e thte one whose progress and glories school itself is graced with three What will be the effect of this games deteriorating? Personally, c esira i y o our a en 10n oh b .dl . . th . . ta.fi ·tu t· d f ha I tend to favour the latter view games usually concluding with ave een rapt Y rismg over e science laboratories. a s -room s1. a _ion an o w t r elation and this I think is the direct re- the faot that he was awarded ath- past few years. I refer, of course, an office, an assembly hall and w11I 1t bear to Q.C.? Of what suit of the lack of enthusiasm for letic colours at school. to the. Corentyne High School, a stage. Though these might consequence will be the governgame9 which has gradually estabIs anything being done to of which Mr. Chandisingh is the seem ordinary to the Q. C. ment grant to school other than lished itself. remedy this situation? One step in principal. However the glories boy, etc. we only have to Corentyne High School like, SkelWitness the feeble attendance this direction has been the com- of this school have been some- visualise the old Corent~ne don High School, Tagore Memoat House matchE'S, be they foot- paratively recent introductio::1. of what clouded by the successes High School building without rial High School, Cove and John ball, cricket or table tennis. Twen- Physical Training to the syllabus of schools like Q .C., St. Stanislaus these necessities to realise what High School and Guiana Oriental ty-two players and often not that of the Lower Fomis. These classes and Bishop's High School, who a great improvement has taken College. Obviously there will be many turn up to be c'heered on, can prove to be invaluable towards are more fortunate in receiving place at Port Mourant. The zeal great competition and as we all by maybe half a dozen supporters in~tilling in youngsters the ~- far greater aids from Govern- and determination behind:, ~he know there is nothing like comfor their respective Houses - each r,urtance of games to _their physical are run entirely by Government eredtion of the new •bu.ildmg petition to act as an effectiv;? of which has some 60 members. and ~ental well-b~mg. ment. In fact Q.C. and Bishop's should be attributed primarily to spur.

Hence there being mor~ Thia · · 1 Mr· competition, Queen's will have to Follow me t o the .Tac"Jb Cup semid th· ' 1s bl a lonr1 d .,-term d are run entirely by Government tne hard -work.mg prmcipa . "' howt:!ver final, if we arrive duri.ng school po Iicy an 1s pro em eman s . St . 1 . t k Ch d. · h condi to the k hours we will be pleased by the an immediate solution. Here I feel whereas St. arus aus is a en an ismg • se Y . wor and strive much harder to 0 large number of Q.C. boys present. captains, form masters and House care of jointly by the Govern- government grant and thirdly : maintain its rank and dignity as Return however, later in the masters can do a great deal to- ment and the RC. Church. the self-help nature .of ~e peop,e the premier schO'ol vf British afternoon when school is over, we wards tightening up the laxity at- The school which is situated in the CorentY_ne district.

Guiana. Queen's n1ight also be will be amazed this time by the !ached to punishing absentee;; in Port Mourant, an estate along Corentyne High School has al- fortunate in receiving s ome manotable sparsity of Q.C. boys. We from games. Some time ago a sys- the Corentyne coast, made such ways been a co-educational school terial gains. With the raising of are enthused at the prospect of !em exi.;ted wh~reby the check- rapid strides that the student and at present there are ~bou~ the standard of education in the watching the game on school time mg of absentees from games was body gew too fast and so accom- five hundred students on ro~. schools, there will natu.raily arise but aghast at the suggestion of d~ne by the. mc1sters on dut~. (?r.e modation for all the pupils posed At the moment, the staff 1s the need for well quailifed teachdoing so on our own time. ,..:1}tl ap~rtheciat ehthe tmaksteirs d1ffild- a serious problem. Now, how- rather inadequate and it is to be ers and so thel'e will be several The number of our boys at the cu1 y w1 sue a as . wou . bl h been h d th t th g vernment grant . ·as Cup S1:'m · -final cannot be conlike to s uggest that this '-Ystem ever, this pro em as ope a e u openings .for some of ow· bnl1 Dl . · . w·n effect a better standard of i · t d t 1 sidered very enrouraiing when be reintroduced,, the captains, t now 1an gra ua es. . .. . the observation is made that about however, submitting a list of abteachmg faciht~~ tha~~t The So 'ho.ck' up Queen's. The. , prevalent 1Il e sc · t pace is quickening!!

211 equal number was there from sen tees next morning either to 818 0 St. Stanislaus, ·which has a total form masters in thP case of form Q school caters for st~dents up -roll slightly morE' than half of games, and Hou,;e masters in the ' ' the London Ordinary L evel J , R. K. B. ours. c,1se 0f House games. ThP mas- A simple ceremony was held in G.C.E. standard c1nd other e xam Asst. Editor.

Come wi"th me again. this ti.me tcrs will be expected to deal the Q.C. auditorh.1m on June 29th to school practices. By now the severPly with such oft'Pnders. l<, mark the prt:lsentajion of 2 ~ight is a familiar vne - a few Fir,ally, I would like to repeat Bib\es and 275 copies of the New bovs usually the ones who are t1,at this lack of enthusiasm pre- Testarr,ent from the Gideon group notable for their consistency, have !-'ents a problem that can no longer to Queen's. '!'he presentation turned out. ~e neglected, especially with the was preceded by a dedicatory How has this deterioration come r.,.pidly improvin~ standards of prayer offerE::d by Mr. B. O. Nauth, about? Well onf:' of thf:' reasons is H igh Schools which are already ..i •rri~ter at-Law and a passage that boys are spending more and rhallengir.g our "Uperiority. ;:s ;ead from 'the New Testamore time with 1heir books at the Alrearty this 1.erm our Acting mtnt bv Mr. C. Low - a local expense of time for games. While Prinr.ipal has t:lcarly demon- businessman. mNc rt.ime for our sturlies is high- s~i:ated hi~ :1igbly. commen_da~le Mr. J. Buchanan, representative ly commendable, its val~e be- cancer? with detail and his m- of tpe Gideon group in B.G,. gave comes questionable and i_ndeed t~:e~t in our g:~mes ~nd I _am cer- a brief outline of the history of doubtful when t'he price 1s th;? tam that he will bring his atten- th gr before formally handtno regular sacrifice of tim<' for tlonhl to tear on this very grave mg . e over oupth e cop1e . s . He said that rro .em. the group was·f?rmed by a small number of businessmen and today GAMES TEAM (from page 3>other hand, another person who the Gideons operate in 46 counhas never sE::en or known ab~t tries. It is interesting to know THE DUMMETT ISSUE basketball may wonder tf it. 1s that since the group has been . a game in which other parts . of formed about 43 million copies of Firstly w"at part 1s Dummett the body except the k:iee are in- h G.d B.bl and New T esta, ·· · h t 1 He t e I eon 1 e ~xpected to take 1n e earn· . volved t have been distributed all ·n b I ·ng football and w1l1 , men w1 e ~ ayi t thlet"cs What does all this aro..,un~ ~o? over the world.

1 perform: :epr~sen us .a a. ' _ v r Open your eyes, members oj the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~..... ·ng m the high ~ump. N~w. 0 e school and think We are being "!

1.h t ear prior to selection· · i e pas Y ' f tb 11 matches represented by one among us - team that everyone seems 0 In hoDw manytt o~ !sented the one who has deuberate:y think our strength lies. but we has umme r pr · "snobbed" sch ol games for his · k t t am school? How many times has b k tb t . th a of must remember our enc e e 11 1 Dum~ett represented the school tas e ak an(thyenkin te ~hP. ce and speak of in terms of ''leading .

H ho wo wee s a s o 1s un,, 0 ':"' in athlebcs? man~ loe O1 called for inclusion in the Dias Case Cup team. , football or athle?ic practices has Cup replay) we find Dummet Le- In rendering the best of luck .to Dummett attended? Now, you ing co:isidered and above all be- games team as a whole, . I will might a sk •:what is the purpose . . give 90% of available wishes to of these questions? Well you'll mg selected as ~ ~ember of our the football team (after all they soon find out but first let me team to tour Trinidad . Is sue~ a will definitely need lots of luck).

-answer those three questions. person worthy of represPntme: Let me now b riefly make the Dummel L has played TWO school us? changes in the selected te·am so football matches (one against Is this fair play? Eve:-- if he as to recover my anticipat~d Northern Rangers and t he other, were a football or athletics star twenty. In comes "Edwards, Zitthe Dias Cup Replay); he h?s (though I'm convinced that he man and Sheppard, for D~mmett, repre~ented the school one~ m is far from being considered one) Butchey (or perhaps Lewis)' and athletics, and from reliable , Diyaljee, su\.!h that Edwards and sources I've been informed that l can t see wh~ such a person Zitman would have been selected From kindergarten through college, smart students h I "' tt nded two football who suddenly (mdeed very sud1 · k t and football while e ~as a e . denly) possesses the school at to P ay enc e . go out for LEVI'S - the original cowboy pants from the practices and one athletic h t h Id h t t Sheppard would have been practice.

I guess you still ~ar ' s ou earn ~ a ~ ,,me selected as a "sp11rialist" footFar West. And happy mothers approve- for LEVI'S don't see the reason for all this, ; 1)1 . therefore be a free trip , to baller-a position well deserved wear better, look better, fit better than any other 1 1 <;'l here I go again this time with rmidad. do hope that .ve seeing that he is in my mind the overalls on the market. We've got 'em- the real thinga typical', well known anc:t regular opene~ the ?f s~letors ;~de best forward in the footbal1 incident. Football captain to ei:oug • so a 11: u ure . ev team.

LEVI'S-so come in and get 'em!

Dummett: "Football practice this vnll be apt to .consider such thmgs V' 11 I , t \he P.nd now and · " as a boy's attitude to the school.' ,., e. ' ,fm a . ' afternoon, Brian. Dummett re- A ·ct b f D t , I do nope that this would not r "C 't k ·t M . t s 1 sa1 e ore, umme ts se1ec - . th 27- 29 Fused Knee bring any unple.a~a~tndess Tonk .et p ides k an ,, maF e lib ax1e, g o_ a 1.ion h 3 s really s urprised 1 nee. oo a 11 cap am. me>· part of those cnhc1se . a e 1 ba "Well... ..... all right." Next we reart ATHLETICS for what it is worth, I've made a 2 7 - 29 in the newspapers o.f Brian "The frank effort at commentinf.

Kid" Dummett stars in basket ,As for the athletic team propei-, On parting I'll like to give the 30 & Over ball game, Durrtmett top scores Hope, Thompson, Grant, R.E., selected twenty a confident and for colony vs ........ .''The Kid" stars Newport. S ingh.

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Lashley will battle against the each and every one of you will One may stop and wonder if Trinidadians and Barbadians . ()f always remember that you are this is the same Dummett that is these only the last two play representing Queen's and as such unable to play football for us. other games for the school. This certain cultural standards will Q. C. , but is in top condition to is a rnal pity for the remainder be expected. So, do your best, play basketball for them, the ~re all "giants" in their respe<:- and prove yourselves admirable Panthers - and excel. On the tive events. It is in the athletic and efficacious ambassadors .

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Edwards--Senior Champ Again Warren

Superior Among the Juniors

This term's activities w ere ingly well. However the confident centred on the Junior and Senior and steady Warren managed to Championships. Thirty two boys win by a clear 3-0 sweep. But decided to start battle for the this does not say all; for Leach Junior Championship Cup, and of did put up a fightr-a fight that these, four were "seeded" --· many did not expect. In the last Warren, Leach, Yhap S. V., and game we saw LPach ::ome back Holder N. L. Y'hap left the cc:m- bril'liantly from 6'--'14 to 17-'all petition in the second round (suf- only to be let down by some silly fering defeat at the hands of the "pushes into the n~i". From this diminuitive Misir); while Holder match we must give high praise lost to Stuart, in the quarter tc. our n£:w Junior Champion finals. The Semi Finals saw War- though not forgetting Leach, the ren against Haynes and Stuart runner-up. This boy h::is improved against Leach. The result was as considerably and in my mind this expected and so we had Warren final has dimaxed big improveand Leach qualifying for U1e men,t so far. I am sure that had finals. he gone unto the table with more The Senior Champic,nship was confidence and had he adapted highlighted with a record number an "I must win'' attitude while of entries-eighty three. Edwards, playing, he would have offered a McGowan, Holder and Zitman more formidable resistance. were the "seeded" players. The A pause came alter the Junior early rounds had one real upset Finals, during whch time there in that Spence C. S. "fixed up'' was some uncertainty as to F'ields E. I. J. in {he second round. whether the scheduled Senior However, Ying did well to out- Filtals would be played that afterclass Barton in lhree gamei,, while noon.

The situation was eased McGowan had a nuld !lcare from when Holder arrived, proceeded his House-mate Bacchus F. R. In straight unto the green surface, the quarter-finals Yjng continued took up the white spherical obhis excellent work and surceeded ject and ''served''. 'The ball was in upsetting the higher-rated Zi t- returned by a red racquet held rnim. The semi-finals involved in the right hand by Edwards.

Holder, McGowan, Edwards and Edwards won the toss, chose the Ying. A steady and much im- northern side of the table and proved Holder got the better of Holder gave the service to EdMcGowan by a 3-1 victory. The wards; and so the decisive battle t\iher semi-final match was a for "School Champion" began. quick 3-0 victory for Edwards. Holder slammed his way to an ·Then came the ''big day" - easy first game victory but in the Thursday, June 23rd-the day of second game, he was not so suethe 'Grand Finals.' It was 3.10 cessful in his slamming venture. p.m. and the arena for the cellu- The th.ird game saw Holder repeat loid game was bordered with his first-game performance and so many enthusiasti.:: fans. Into the t,t the end of the third game arena from opposite sides, stepped Holder was leading by two games the stockv "four feet tall'' Warren to one. Holder started the fourth and thE' ·not-much-taller "sweet game inspiringly, and was leading boy" Leach. It was not Jong before by six points to four when the the games were in progress and "big-ehange" came. Holder evenwhat a high standard of play was tually lost by the 21-8 route. reached.

The final game was a "ding-dong" There was Waren w-ing back affair with each player gtruggling hand 'flicks" and forearm to get the better of the c,ther. It "lashes" to earn his points, was ''even, stephen'' until 14-all; while Leach was placing his then Edwards went on to win 21 "slams" and defending surpris- -15. This meant that Edwards

THE DIAS CUP - Q.C. ENJOYS SUCCESSFULL AS I SAW IT CRICl(ET SEASON -- by ROOP It was a gloomy weatherman that shed his tears upon both days allotted for the Dias Cup Fixlures-the symbol of intercollegiate supremacy for football in British Guiana. The q.c. Team with three wet:ks of House Football behind them i.auntered on the muddy, heavy G.F.C. ground displaying supreme confidence.

This confidence was c')nfirmed when early in the game Queen's were rewarded with a goal from centre-forward Zitman-it was a beauty of a shot executed with mer.hanical prceision and accuracy.

Our forwards and defence did not really adapt themselves to the 'sloshy' ground and did nC't realize that short passing and. artful body-shiftments were anachronistic and futile on a muddy

ground. The final whistle found the game in a 2-all tie.

Saints havin'g lead 2,--.l, before Sheppard scored the equalizer in the final stages of the game. Hopes were high in the Q.C. camps for dr

a Y day for the replay, but contrary to our expectations further inclement weather made the ~round heavier. The Q.C. team was changed~Lewis came in at left-back and Dummett at rightwing. A keen tussle was anticipated and a keen tussle it was, bu.t again it wao; the Saints team that got the upper hand from a goal that could hardly be thought really deserving. Vargas the Q.C. keeper, who had saved magnificently throughout the match, advaned to the Saints inside Right, \'nteJ"cepted beautifully but lost control and passed to the Saints right-winger who for a change got the ball t.o lift. Vargas defleeted it into the air and into the goal. Both our Backs were caught flat-footed and what was most disheartening they were square, the simple principle of one np and one down was lost in blissful oblivion. This match could have been won had our slippery Iorwards utilized their oppor:tunities.

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was School Champion for the second year in succession.

Outside of our School Championship, we recorded 13 entries in the Invaders' Open Handicap Tournamentr-by far a record number of entries ever made in an exterior competition. Of those who entered, Warren, Holder, Bacchus, Ho, Ng-A-Fook and Agrippa had first round experi-· ence, only. However one must ~ive unbound<:!d praise to young Warren who, although he lo..."lt, gave a most promising and memorable performance.

Gajraj A. M., Alli L. A.; and Zitman R. I. -reached the secon d round, while McGowan W. F. and Edwards T. C. lost in the third round. Fields E. I. J. and Ying D. A. succeeded in reachin~ as far as the Quarter Finals. To the many players who have hied hard. but succeedeih n ot, we hope that the day will come when ye will have everlasting luck.

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On the first half of the cricket season Queen's College has reaped more than apt r~wards in the Case, Wight and RaJah Cu~s.

We enjoy the rather flattering position of first in the Case C~p, second in the Wight ·a nd RaJah Cups. This is a stable and welcome improvement from last season when we suffered a streak of unaccountable defeats, ending up third in the Northcote division, ninth in the Wight Cup and third in the Rajah Cup. I will refrain from investigating the causes of our victories ·a nd the reasons for our defeats. All that is intended is a not too detailed account of our progress in the three competitions.

CASE CUP:

Recently promoted, after a period of three years, to the Senior Division, we have defied the pessimists and the sceptics by rising to first pl'ace in the first half of the season. This has been attained through consistency ot attack, a generous amount of self-confidence and a more than generous "amount of under-estima tion by the other teams. Individual performances except for that of McWatt are not exceedingly outstanding but the team as a whole has performed crelttably and in fine spirit. In the first match of the season against M. S. C. we went in as underdogs but after the second day proved our supremacy. The match resulted in an outright win for M.S.C. but not before we had convincingly led on first innings. thereby gaining our first four points of the season.

The match gave rise to much discussion: whether we had 'fluked' whether we had really 'come back', whether we would be able to keep it up. We did.

In our second encounter against the B.G.C.C. we came up against the first real obstacle' Would we last out the three days?

That was the nature of the speculations, and naturally so. We were obviously not expected to cope with last year's champions.

Al'as, the fates favoured us! We dismissed B.G.C.C . for a mere 162, their lowest score for a long time. 'Ilhis was accomplished by safe, tight fielding coupled with a steady, though not penetrative attack. An average of just under 3 runs were scored per over.

Our batting fared wonderfully against Patoir, Wakott, Archer Bishop and a maimed Stayers.'

Notable resistance came from opener Eyre, McWatt, Ramprashd and a valiant, if not entirely orthodox innings of 36 by Spence (jnr.). We scored 'a dogged 206, thereby securing our second l'ead in 2 matches. The critics were dumfounded and one eminent journalist unflatteringly transferred the cause of our victories to the deplorable form of our opponents. We were 8 points to the good, and reading. Our third ma kh was against the G. C. C. There amid the magic of Bourda we commenced batting on a rainaffected wicket. Notable features were a beautiful, mature century

by McWatt, a dogged 54 by Butchey and a breezy 37 by Ramprashad. (jnr.). We, for the second time in 3 matches reached the 200 mark. McWatt, on. an unfavourable wicket, defied the

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wiles of veteran intercoloniats Wight and Comacho, scoring a strokeful 61 in the gloomy afternoon. He resumed the following week and completed his century -a fine innings teeming with well-timedl attractive shots.

The re as o n a b'l y good G.C . C. batting was hel'd down to 219 . The bowling ytas well taken care of by McWatt, who in his improvised sphere as opening bowler captured 5 for 82 in an inspired spell .

After our third match we had gained 12 convincing points, placing us in the lead with M. S. C. The following match against E. I . C. C. was completely washed out and despite valiant attempts by the groundsman and opposing players, play was abandoned. But alas, in the midst of our jubilation and success we suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of St. Stanislaus who, favoured by the fates, snatched the coveted Jacob Cup from within our grasp. We tried hard, but the weather, the wicket and St. Star..s. profed too much. After dismissing them for a dogged 150, we could reply with no more than a paltry 128, our poorest performance of the season. The scoring on both sides was incredibly slow. 200 overs were bowled at an average of 1.5 runs per over; but fortunately this did not hamper in any way our condence and optimistic outlook.

So, in the first half of the season, the first XI was l'eading in the Case Cup but minus the Jacob CuP-a creditable and worthy performance.

WIGHT CUP :

In the Wight Cup Competition under skipper McGowan, we find ourselves second in the table.

Af_ter 4 m·atcbes, we gained 8 points. In the first match of the se~son we obtained first innings points over our opponents whose strength was not to be despised.

A notable ,i nclusion in the In our secon encouter against the G.C.C. we did not fare as successfully. We weve defeated on the first innings, scoring 105', our opponents reaching 1317. Then came the long-awaited chance for revenge against C.H.S. who had a string of viatories over our Second Xr. For the first time vie Play.ed at home and on a rainaffected wicket, we dismissed them for meagre ·totals of 42 and 79.

There resulted our fi.sst ever 5 points in the Wight Cup competition. The fourth mM:ch against the C.S.C ., on an outfield that was more conducive to ~telr-polo 1lhan to hilcket:. we scraped -together 60 for 8, to which Birkett contr.iibuted 25. It (Was finally ,abandoned at this stage. Individutil performances were many and distinguished.

Thompson, the -Opening bowler, ended the first half of the season with 18 wickets, ably supported

by Griiffith (7) and Birkett (5). fn the batting department, Stuart has scored with monotonous but welcome consistencey.

Ably assisted by good knocks from J anki, McGowan, Morrison and McLean.

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RAJAH CUP

In the Rajah Cup we finished escond in our division, a mere 3 points behind the leaders. In 12 matches we gained 29 points. In the bowling department, Griffith and Rohlehr were the most successful, creditably assisted by Morrison, Stuart and Singh. The batting wail taken care of by Stuart, McGowan, Fraser, Singh and 'Bony' •Holder.

On the whole, the school has enjoyed a rich and full season of ~uccess. The critics were confounded, the public mildly sur-

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