The QC Lictor - March, 1963

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Mr. E. P. Clayton, English master on contract from Britain recently left us lt,> return home at the termination ol bis contract. He arrived here in May, 1957 on a three-year contract which was later extended by two years.

Before joining the Q. C. staff, Mr. Clayton was an English master at his Alma Mater, Acklam Hall Grammar School, where he taught for eight years. He saw service in World War Il and was a captain for four years in the West African Frontier Force.

At the end of the war he had the distincti'On of carrying the colours of the Gambia Regiment in the Victory Parade.

In bis youth, Mr. Clayton was school, University (Leeds) and Yorkshire quarter mile champion. He was one of the few university graduates ·to represent his University in events ranging from the 100yard dash to the 9-mile marathon.

Mr. Clayt'<:>n has been associated with drama at Q. C. since his arrival here. Among the plays he produced here are·: "Macbeth", "The Applecart" "Julius Caesar" and "The ' Importance of Being Earnest". Of his four productions, he thought "The Importance of Being Earnest" was the mcst polished due to the simple reas'On of having a small cast.

He commended the boys on their prize-winning perf'Ormance of the '·Harrowing of Benjy", but considered ourselves in great need of West Indian one-act plays with good points and characterisation. He criticised the West Indian playwrights of injecting tco many references of sex in their plays, which made it somewhat awkward for schoolooys in particular to put on. Commenting on the play "Aphan Ghaat" written by an ohl boy, H. Niamatali, he said it was quite good but for the conclusion which was packed with excessive tragic drama which one might expect from a person of Niamatali's age.

Mr. Clayton was our athlete coach and an efficient ione at that. He had some interesting comments to make on athletics in B. G. especially regarding schools. He was amazed at the in.credible ability in the sprints and jumps among our boys, but noticed a 'palpable weakness in the distance events from the halfmile upwards. He pointed out that there was good all-round ability, but the boys lacked the dedication of their English counterparts.

Strangely eniough, Mr. Clayton has not had any sense of achievements as our coach, although we have never been beaten in any athletic meeting since his arrival here. He had no sense of achievement because there was a lack of competition among schools which provided no test for our boys' athletic prowess. He had the pleasure of training boys in England who later became international athletes and cited Trevor Schofield as an example. Unfortunately, he lamented, Q. C. has produced a number of good athletes and

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not superlatives, because (as mentioned before) of the lack of dedication and the absence of high-class competition. He stated that what we sorely needed to produce superlatives were: firstly, a competition in the form of inter-school athletic meetings; and secondly, good boys who must dedicate themselves to a particular event.

When questioned about the absence of long-distance runners at Queen's, Mr. Clayton answered that the tropical climate for one. was not suit(Continuecl o n Page 3)

The slogan we hear about us frequently today is "Guianization in the Civil Service". Our school falls within this service.

The q uestiou arises then, should the policy of Guianisation extend to Q.C. in particular, and to the educational service in general? We give the opinion of three of iour irenior boys, althcugh their opinions are not necessarily iours.

W. R. M. Farley: "The dream of a free Guiana can only become a reality when Guianese prove that they are willing and prepared to redirect this nation through all the impending difficulties, with a solution that is distinctly Guianese.

Whether Guianese realise this or not, this situati•on must be reached - - nay, it has already been reached, and Guianese must be given a fair chance to prove how well-equipped they are to solve their own problems.

PROFILE-D. Hetram, Acting Deputy Principal 1'his term the pe~onality ,,n view is our Acting Deputy J'.rincipal, the noble magister Doodnallfth Heb.:am. And a personality he is indeed. In addition he is a perfe<'t example of rbhe heights tha't can be achieved by dint of hard \\ •Jrk and perseverance.

Doodnauith wa.s born at Unity near l\fahaica on Ju11e 27, 1919. His father was a farmer and he followed his fat,her'r. ;profession up ,to about ~l!venteen years of age when be entel~ the Modern High School in 1!}36. He had little education behind him having left primary school when eleven years old. Nevertheless in two years, he took hi~ Senior Ciim:bridge ex.am, was success· ful and gained emmption from ,t he Matriculation exam.

A change of vocation followed. He started tea.-ehing at his Alma Mater, t~e Mcdern H~g'h School. in 1939. In Sep· te.mlber df the same year, he gave tllP his bachelorhood for marriage. In N overrlber he opened a secondarry sc-hool of his own in Springland!'1, Ooren,t yne, which he can·ied on ullltil April 1941 when he join· ed Demba as a book-keeper.

Between 1936 and 1938 he had secured sert-ral cei-'tificates among which was the London Chamber of Commerce Higher Ce1mifi<'ate. He la.ft Dem:ba the same year. and took up a post wiith the·R.M.B. ail a olerk in the Purchasing DEl!)a,rtment.

The •·mobile spirit" soon c·aught up witih him again and he went to work as assislj;a,nt ti<; the Accountant in Kwakwani, Berbice River, where he remained until J1une 1943. 'l'hen he returne'd ,to tea.ch ,a,t his Alma Malter before joining the R.A.F. in 1944.

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"Salvette", as he is famiiiarly called by his student· 1 tlmirers entered Durham U1.ivers.rt,y in Octobe-r 1946, whera he later secured his B.A. General in English, Lalin, Hi~tc,ry and Economics. But ,Uhen he• was bi,tmen 'by the "Classics" bug. Ile was i;warded a bur· ~ary to do his Honot1 rs in L2.tin. Language, and Li,terature with Greek. He graduated with a B.A. Honours in theqe f'tubjects Next he ob'tained a Di.Ploma it~ Education in 1951, and in Augnst, t.ook up an appointrr.£-nt as a master at Queen's College. Not satisfied, Mr. He.tram secured his M.A. degree, to be followed by Bachelor df Civil Law in 195!) at tlhe same University. He took and pas~ his Pant one Bar exam. Next he ob'tained bis LL.B. (London), as a.n Exterrutl student. This he follow.ed up by complet,ing his Bar Final in 1%2.

Now, education plays no mean part in fostering this spirit, and unless the Guianese symbol can be clearly recognised as being the sole symbol in our educational system; unless there is complete Guianisation iof this vital sector of the Civil Service, efforts to rreate this spirit will not be very effective.

Foreign "educators" have already played their part in forming a pattern of education in this colony which existed in their own country.

They have been · made to dominate the educational scene for t'OQ long while there were capable Guianese who could have substituted just as well (if not better) than these expatriates.

These Guianese would have bP.en able to formulate such a system of education, that now, when we are at the brink of achieving our independent status, the "handing over" pha~e would have been a smooth one. Our people would

have already learnt t'O appreciate the contributions of loyal sons of Guiana, without having to consider "how nice" the foreigners did the job assigned to them.

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LAMMING AND SELVON PAY US VISIT Two dis.tingwished men visited us, on Monday 18th February. They were novelists George Lamming of Barbados, and Samuel Selvon, a Trinidadian.

Mr. Lam.ming rea.d a,n extract from his third novel ''Of Age And Innocenoe''-a novel with political tihemes and in Mir. Lamming's, words a book ''p~u,tly suggested by a visit to B.lr. in 1956".

Mr. Selvan read a shorit story entitled "If Winter Comes" from his book ''Ways Of Sunlight". rt ,vas quite J,um:ourous1 and being read l>y the author with his Trini<ladian accent made it all the more approoiable.

A; discussion followed tlhe reading of the exitra:cts. When questioned about the pooti.c prose used by many West Indian writers to create an atmosphere, Mr. L am m i n g replied that most of the West Indian authors 'write books about the lower clasi; - t~e peasants. As they were not formally educated they spoke broken and inco1·rect English

able to decide whether he will become a barrisfler, or remain a rteacher. He is, however. an excellent teacher. He unde1·stands boys - a n d masters and puJ>ils alike a1·e agreed tha,t he has a pleasing per· l-onality.

He has noit yeit been called

He was promoted ,t o Senior l\Iaster in 1960 and is now Acting Deputy Principal-an appointment whiC'h he ca:rriei< (,ut efficiently.

hr has not yell: ta.ken his. "dinner". With a car~r like this it is understandable that Mr. Hetram has not yet 'been

Mr. Hetram has five children: three boys and two girls. The boys bave all attc>nded Q. C.

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which had a certain rhythm.

Therefore the novelists had to write in a manner in keeping with this rhythm of speech used in their booke.

Another question posed w:~s whether the Wes¢ Iindian novelists have a large enough audience in the West Indies to really play a part in uniting the people. Mr. Lamming agreed that at the moment 'there was not a large enough audience in the W8Rt Indies and said tha.t this Wa.!, a pro1blem of education as far e.s the masses were roncerned.

He suggested that the ma£aes ,be ,properly educated and that there b~ a complete reorienta'tion of ,t he people teaching in tl,e society.

There was also the inevitable question. Does the future hold anything for West Indian writers if they are to leave their countriea and write instead of remaining home?

Mr. Selvc·n answering this qn~ion said that wlien he rlecided b take UJ:l' writing, 'I'rinidadians regarded writers ac: madmen. He therefore had to !eave if he ware to ~1ucceed.

Re i;,aid that he would gladly 1 eturn home and contJnue wriiting, when the people weN ready to appreciate his work, ,;nd when they had learnt to ~top calling authors ''madmen" Mr. Lamming anded that professional writers wanted g1.od pay for their work, implying that writers who remained in t~e W.I. were not ,•·ell paid for their work.

Among the many .Jistene"'S were &tudents lfrom BisJ·. ops' High School :ind ~t. .Toseph's Coment.

The vote of 'thanks W, 18 moved by the Head-boy, C.O. :,Jarwali.

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Wednesday. March 6. 1963

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1.ErrERS TO THE EDITOR

A. 8. FARLEY

Editor Assistant Editor Ftatarti Editor Sports Editor Trtasarer Supervisor

D. T. ROBERTS H. M. SYED J. 0 . SMITH

D. A. GRANGER Mr. A. R. MORGAN

N.B. :-The views expressed by individuals are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board and Sch ool as a whol -Ed. Q.C.L.

Weclnesday. March 6. 1963

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DISCIPLINE About a year ago, prior to the emergency arrival of the British soldiers, the country was in chaos. As soo:1 as they arrived, peace and quiet were restored. Thus it would appear that conduct was influenced fo.r the better only when there was the constant reminder of imminent force. This is a deplora.ble state of affairs for a counlry ahout to emerge to lndependence. But it is by far mote disconcerting when this very attitude permeates an in· stitution in the country reputed to be B. 'G.'s best.

Dr. Allsopp, no doubt, has been IJrying bis best to erase this attitude. His aim it would appear is to produ,::e sell disciplined students. 'When he took over from our former principal, there was a general Iear, among thE1 boys of course, that force in excess would be the means cf ensuring order. It did not take quite long for this mu;· apprehension t-0 be dispelled. li'or it was noticed that, like Mr. Sanger Davies, Dr. .Allsopp possessed that qual· ity peculiar to all good headmasters - an uncompromising insistence on discipline which was not particulal'ly offensive to the fair-minded student.

We do not feel that the discipline of the school should really be the concern of the Principal and staff alone.

Rather it should be that of every student whose aspirat~on is self dignity and whose aim is to ,be a useful citizen.

In Dr. Allsopp's language therefore, we hope that thos~ I.Joys who are "weighed and still found wanning'', would aim at high ideals in condud and strive vigorously after them, even if :i!t means becoming unpopula1·.

For then Q.C. would be turning out men; not darling angels, nor devils, but MEN, ready to steer the count.ry into a prosperous Independence.

Commissioner visits QC Scouts The Scouts were engaged in signalling an d pioneering work when the Scout Travelling Commissioner from Imperial Headquarters, Mr. George F. Witchell, dropped in for a visit. Mr. Witchell was accompanied by Di.strict Commissioner for North 'Georgetown, Mr. Cecil Lewis.

He was warmly received by Scoutmaster G. H. Rickford and shown around the Den, where he showed interest in the array of cups ~n by the · Troop at various times in the recent past.

After the inspection he took part in a game which was done with gusto, and also organised one himself. Mr. Lewis, as a surprise item, asked the Commi~ioner to award First-Class Certificates to three of our Scouts-Troop Leader Chet Mangal (Queen's Scout), Clive David, and Gordon Glasheen.

In the Den, the Commissioner related to the assembled Scouts some of his travels to places such as the Philippines, Singapore, Burma, H o n g Kong, Fiji Is'lands, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, where, he said, he was the third Englishman the natives ever set eyes on.

He spoke also of the Scouts of Papu.a and New Guinea, giving us a direct illustration of the Fourth Scout Law, "A Scout .... is a brother to every other Scout .... " In particular he mentioned the fact that the Scout Movement, nine million strong, as the

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Intel lectua Is The Ediror: Sir, There s:eems to be a growing concern these days as to the time devoted by the adolescent to literary studies outside the classroom. So much is this concern that at the time of writing this article I heard three comments about it within 72 hours.

The first was by Dr. Eric Williams who in his speech to the University graduares at the U.W.I. graduation ceremony laboured the point that West Indian students do not diversify their interests sufficiently, and sPO he urged that this be remedied by reading as much literature as possible.

The second was a discus.~ion in which four Jamaican doctors took part. The discussion was broadcast over B.G.B.S. These doctors were chiefly psychiatrists and the general agreement was that students ( in Jamaica) were far too concerned about satisfying their parent's desires as far as examinations were concerned. They even said that in many cases this concern had reached -the point of frustration.

Now the third comment was one which most of us hea!'d.

It was by Mr. George Lam· ming when he gave a brief talk to us here in the hall. His views we~ similar to those of Dr . Williams and to those of the four doctorS' although they were very briefly stated.

Here in Q. C. we a.re not so necessarily 'in the same boat'. as the Jamaican students. As a matter of fact there seems to be growing interest in external affairs. But I do not think that this interest is be i n g nourished properly.

Boys are content to dabble in philosophy without first reading philosophical literature.

The usual excuse for not reading is, "Man I don't have the time". Are twenty-four hours not enough for a day?

This is ludicrous. So I urge theS"e pseudo-intellectuals to get down to the business; let us all start. We are being constantly reminded that now is the time to propound our philosophies, but apparently these words fall on deaf ears.

The way to achieve intellectual maturity is to start reading now. So, shall we all read?

I am, Yours faithfully, K. S. BYRNE. L6MA.

Dear Editor, Pleas~ allow me this small place in your publication to say something concerning all of us here.

I have observed that in the past months our tuc~shop has been converted into a minute. but highly succes:sful capitalist enterprise. Shocking to reveal, small buns which can be obtained for a mere penny outside are thrust upon us by our "convenient" canteen for an exorbitant three to four cents. Pine tarts, cheese rolls and other cakes are also peddled at a higher price than obtainable outside.

I observe, too, the size of the meat-rolls and cheese-rolls is s·o small that it talces one, or in some cases two, for one reasonable munch. Something must be done here. I'm sure all will agree with me that the size of the cheese and the roll could be increased at least twofold. Either the prices go down in which case we will be more equipped to buy a greater quantity, or the quantity and the quality should be augmented appreciably.

While I laud the introduction of the sale of ice cream, fudgicle and popsicle. I would like to see fruits like oranges and bananas, etc., sold in our tuck shop. Such items rich in food values will be most welcome. In the past, milk, plain and chocolate, was Sdld. Whr has this been stopped?

Let me hope that my cry has fallen on the correct ea:rs, and that we will be sO'on be able to afford nutritious snacks at reason<tble prices at "our" Tuck Shop.

Yours faithfully, ASAD ISHOOF. L6M ( a) Supervisor's Note: I always thought the consumer was king. This doesn't seem so fr~m your letter, but what seems evident is that boys have very big mouths.

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'Dhe Editor, Sir, There are several1 societi~ and clubs within the school : T.h.e members of the club eledt a chairma,n or a 1:resident and a commibt.ee to cXooute the hu,siness of the society, then the Prfocipal would impose on the sooiety, a masr ter to check our ''youthful im-petuouruty". Such a. master is the supervisor _ a sort of

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In cl1vsing be urged the Scouts to endeavour to put back into the Movement as much as, and more than, what they got out of it by becoming Scouters and otherwise supporting the M o v e m e n t actively.

Before he departed with the D.C., he partook of mauby and pouri and expresesed his appreciation of the local dish.

The rest of the meeting was passed in the enj oyment CYf mauby, pouri, and potato balls by all and sundry, background entertainment being provided by an up-and-coming string band composed of Q.C. boys.

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'governor' to keep us from erring. Of late, however the power ia.nd authority of the :rreE~dent within the democratie framework of his own socielty, is being igraduiaJly transfoiired to the 'Governor'. 'l'he "President •becomes just the man who taps the gavel at meetings.

I am not siuggesting that the s~penrisors are usurping the po,wer of the represent.a •ti\"es of the '!Poople'. But 'this graduaJ transference of ll)Ower ariseSj because 'the duties of the Supervisor are not clearly defined.

Would the Prinei· pal ca.re to offer some definition of the Supervisor's functivns?

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Bouquets and Brick• bats TJte Editor, Sir, A number of changes have been made at the start of this term. Most ctf them show much foresight, and if well applied, will oontainly lbe of benefit to Queen's College. Of spe.oial no'te, is the final decision to allow fifth formers to wear long pants to school.

As, yet however, I cannot see tJie reason for the change in 'the system of ringing bells at the end of the period. Originally, two bells were rung five minutes before the end of the lesfpn, and four bells at the end of the Ies~Gn. J 'thought that the ringing of the two bells was a sign to tell the masters that, it was time for 'the ma..~r to start slllmming up his lesson. This alsp served as a good reminder to bo(Vs wlho were writing tests that would stQP at the end of the period. At this staige the candida'tes concerned usually started writing the laet summary para-graph o,f the question.

Now the sysrem has been changed, so that four only a11e run,g and that, at 'the end of the lesson.

This oJften ra't'ohes masters in the middle of theiir lectures.

They are then forced to make a hurried 'two-minute E1ummary, or to stlap the lecture abruptly.

This is very diseoncerting bdqh for the master and for the studen't.

Furthermore, if the students have to go to Dnother form for the next le~ISOn, they generally arrive at lea.sit five minutes Ia'te often to the e,res,pera.t ion of fillc new master. Be<3ides, the- 'discomfort cam:ied to the pupil, who is abt'UlPtlY stopped by the 1bell when wn"'ting his test paper, can hardly be em1Phasised.

There is one change in the ringing of the bells that I see full justification for. This is the change from ringing two bells at 2.55 to ringing them at 3.00. The 2.55 bell rr.eant tha't it was the time for the monitor to carry the homework and detention~books to the principal. The lesson was clf'ten interrupted at this s'tage by the exist of the monitor, who .h.imBetf lost the last five minu'tes of the lesson. With the bell ringing at 3.00 and and 3.05 p.m. the lesson ended tminter1'upt.ed and the monitor benE'!fi'ted fully from the lesson.

I therefore beg that some adjus'tment 'be made in the new system o,f ringing the bells ar that we be fully enli,g htened why the s)Ystem was changed.

E. N. HARRIS.

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GUIANIZATION AT QUEENS.' (Continued fro m P age 1)

Now that we have been so accustomed at seeing the "white man'' the "imperialist" or call him what you will, at the head of all our educational systems, the replacement of these men by local people seems ridiculous. We do n ot want our own to occupy such an exalted position- Our own Guianese brethren are not worthy of such high honour! And, alas! we will ~ot support him as we would supped the foreigner. This mentality must be completely eliminated from the minds of Guianese; they must be able to envisage Guiana-land of so many peoples governed by Guianese in an exclusively Gnianese atmosphere. This process must be continued in the educational field.

N ob>ody is claiming that we have gained nothing from the contributions made by foreigners; we hav:e learnt quite a few things from the British system of education, for example, which we could retain in our system. They have trained us to wear ties in this our tropical country.

But surely we would not C'ondemn them for that! They have been able to convince some of us that it is "raw" to speak like a Guianese, but we dare not say that this has bE>en a negative contribution!

Why, then, should we have Guianese to replace them?

Regardless of what we hear responsible people saying, it is a well-established fact that there are Guianese who years ago p•ossessed sufficient qualifications to have enabled them to fill all the vacant educational posts in our Civil Service then, but were denied the right that was theirs-not because of any mishap on their part.

Guiana's imminent day of freedom will come, and from that day on Guiana must "paddle her own course". !!'he educational sector of the Civil Service must be completely run by Guianese''.

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who understand our problems, and are seeking remedies for them.

We do not want foreigners who would be vaguely aware of them, but Guianese wh•o know the nature of the problems because they were born and bred here, and thus are better equipped to combat them.

It may be argued that a Frenchman is the best person to put over the French spirit to us-to t.8:ke an arbitrary example. I t 1s a fact for us to learn to express ourselves with any degree of fluency in a foreign language, we have to learn to think like the people wh•o speak the language, or else we would never be able to fully grasp the grammar and constructions of the language.

My contention is that a master brought from France to teach French would not know how a Guianese thinks and very likely would not stir himself to know, whereas a Guianese who has captured the French spirit would be in a more advantageous position to put it over, because he can point out where Fr~nc~ and Guianese thought comc1de and where they differ. He understands in some measure, the minds' to which he is putting across his ideas, and not floundering as a Frenchman wou_ld d•o, hoping t~at his pupils would see the bght.

No single nation has a monopoly of scientists; but in the sciences there is no s'pirit to capture or convey. But even here Guianese teachers wculd serve better, as they would have a personal interest in the welfare of their students, who will eventually be the people to build a better c•ountry, a country beloved both of the t eachers and the taught students.

Mr. R. Butchey: "Unhesitatingly I would say that Guianisation of the Civil Service is desirable as long as the officers employed are persons who are capable and well qualified for their particular posts. One could be assured that Guianese officers would have a sense of duty and responsibility towards their c•ountry and would work for the betterment of the people.

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Z. D. M. A. Nasir : "Every nation has its peculiarities: the Am,ericans may regard their garrulity as a symbol of friendliness, the Englishmen may think their reservedness is consistent with good form, while the Frenchmen may be totally unaware of their volatile temperament.

Here in British Guiana, we do not have a National Identity, for the country can be described as a collection of ethnic groups striving for supremacy over each other.

An .analysis of the population will reveal that it is appr oximately half Indian, half African, with a sprinkling of Europeans; and that the two principal groups, already in conflict with each other, were dominated by the European Clllture, which the Guianese imitated because they felt that it was superior t>o theirs.

The persons we need to teach in our schools are those

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The officers would no doubt realise that any projecl undertaken by them would affect the country as a whole and I am sure that they would do their utmost to illuminate Guiana to the rest of the world.

Having Guianese officers W'Ould be advantageous in the social and cultural spheres.

By this I mean tb.3:t the officers will deal with people with whose social and cultural life they are fully acquainted.

This no doubt will lead to som~ progres~. This point comes out clearly when one thinks of schools where Guianes·e teachers are wellacquainted with the social and cultural lines of their pupils and are therefore better equipped to mould the lives of the future leaders of their country. They would be able to vitalize and illuminate their lessc·ns by references and illustrations within the children's experience and comprehension. Guianese administrators also would have a full knowledge of the environment and would be able to &o plan, as to satisfy the pressing needs at little cost.

One should not, however, be blinded by the principle of Guianisation a nd appoint unqualified and incapable persons j ust because they happen to be Guianese, but one should keep an open mind.

When there is no suitable Guianese l'o fill a particular post, I see no reason to appoint an expatriate officer.

But, after all, appointing an unqualified Guianese would be like placing a square peg in a roond hole".

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able for marath•on races and noted that people still believed the tradition that colooured athletes excelled o n l y in sprints up to the quarter-mile while the half-mile and marathon events were for the whites. This myth, he pointed out. has been exploded. At the 1960 Olympic Games, a white man Arnim Harry won the 100-metre dash whilst a coloured man, Habibe won the marathon race. He remarked that we should be able to produce about a dozen boys to run all sorts of events-boys who are dedicated athletes.

In his main role here - as ihat of English master, Mr. Clayton said he met some very proficient boys at Queen's. He considered N. A. Robinson as the most mature student he has taught at Advanced Level.

Before his arrival, Q. C. had never achieved am.y distinctions in English. Happily to say, after his app•ointment, we achieved a good number of distinctions in English. As far as the few were concerned, Mr. Clayton was quite pleased with them. As for the many, i,cwever, he was far :llrom satisfied with them. Their work was extremely careless, untidy and done in a sli~shcd manner.

The difficulty of teaching English here to people whose native tongue could be oonsider~ as "creolese" has been grossly exaggerated. This was Mr. Clayton's candid opinion .

It was thP same as teacb.ing E nglish in a school of any provincial town ( which was considered not difficult) particularly in the Lancashire and Yorkshire areas. He was very critical of the people's speaking of English in Britis'h Guiana. There was a lack of clarity in speech and a practical immobility of lip-movement a m on g Guianese and ement among Guianese a nd West Indians alike. He was repelled and irritated by the lazihess of people to speak clearly. In tracing the source of the cause of mumbling in speech, Mr. Clayton thought that this was as a result of historical, racial and religious teachings of "be seen, but not heard". He suggested debating, speaking, dnma and verse-speaking to remedy this' fault.

The scho•ol officially bade farewell to Mr. Clayton on Frid a y, J anuary 25th at assembly, where he gave a very wittv <ind memorable farewell speech.

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A new society has been formed at Q.C. It is the "Cercle Francais" which as the name indicates c•oncerns Frc.>nch students. It is not, however, restricted to studerits doing French now, •iut open to those who did French and therefore have a basic knowledge of the language.

Some of the aims of the "Cerc!(, Francais" are t o establish relations w i th French-speaking countries by corresp•ondence and a system of student-exchange ; to publish a French newspaper in school; to have French food on special occasions and to enecurage m o r e "Cercles Francais" in other High schools.

At the inaugural meeting the following 'Office-bearers were elected.

President-W. R. M. Farley.

Vice.President-C. A. Ying.

Secrefary-·A. Young.

Treasurer-A. M. Gajraj. 'l'here is also a junior sect ion of the "Cercle F rancais".

WIT A certain man hired the local theatre for a one-night performance without hiring any ushers or refreshment sellers. On the day after he had done so, there appeared a notice "He will be here next week" on a board outside the theatre.

Early the following week there appeared another noti ce "He will be here on December 1st".

Meanwhile, tickets began to sell rapidly so that it seemed that the whole village was coming to the performance.

On the day before December 1st, another notice appeared saying "He is here".

Yet more tickets were sold.

On December the first, the man himself sat in a booth in front c·f the theatre selling tickets to a large number of people.

On the scheduled time for the performance to begin, the curtains were drawn and the audience read a very large sign in the middle of the stage saying, "He is gone."

Mr. Clayton and his wife will be missed as they have done much to help us at Queen's in extra-curricular activities. The "Lictor" staff thank them warmly for their help and are confident that they will d1> the same for others in the future.

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HARLEM EVANGELIST INV ADES Q. C. "No truly scientiful investigator would come to a definite conclusion without firs t performing an exacting experiment," c l a i m c d the Rev. Thomas Skinner, minister fo r the Harlem Evangelistic Crusade which recently , visited British Guiana. And along thOSl' very lines was based tl..e history-making address a'.; tho Q.C. Christian Fellowship.

Truth; he did not undersl;a1i-l the hows yet he acceptedsomething which he said was basic even in science. He believed in Christ. Rev. Skinn~r exclaimed "IT WORKED'.'

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To aJI were extended the invitation to try out the experiment and let the Bible prove itself in them. He chaJlenged By 3:10 on Thursday Jan.:- honest seekers to ignore the ary 31st, the lower wl'sten sarcastic grins of the skeptir:s corridor was conjested. The and receive Christ in their clatter of chairs being lifted hearts and as indication that bodily had attracted querulo11~ they had done so, to publicly faces. Then stranger,s appeared declare by stepping forwa1·d. and headed west .... The noise..

About 100 of the 300 presen c su bsided. The time was 3: J6, responded. 25 % of this number The place - the music room. were from the Upper Schooi.

The occasion-another meetinr.: of the Q,C. Christian FellowThree questions were then ship. posed to the remaining boys: ( i ) Why do. you behave so disThe usual formalities per- orderly if there is something, formed, Rev. Skinner pn- good about your skepticisni? nounced his topic, ' 'ls Christ (ii) How do you account for practical?" It was not his in- the downfall of 26 nations as tention to make vague statt· soon as they left God out of ments, so he proceeded with the picture? Jiii ) What will tile what he termed "the scientific future be if you in your ge:ieration therefore go in thf. method". way of atheism?

Ivir. Skinner set out to prow that .an individual could 1e The president of the Christransformed by the power "1 tian Fellowship then dismisst) 1 Jes us Christ. the knsc remainder.

As his data, the preacn~ : QUESTl!ON-TIME chose the Bible from which he Those who went to pray wert. m.adt• two striking quotations .

"Without faith it is impossible counselled in two adjacent to please God, for the man whJ rooms and in a third Rev. Ski·1seeks God must first belie\'e ner and Bro. Perry ans:werPd that He exists" (Hebrews questions.

11 :6) and "If any man be m Most of the time between Christ he is a new creature (U 4.45 and a quarter to six was Corinthians 5 :17) ." occupied ,by questions which In history be noticed that were not really directed at his more persons wrote about topic. Most were testing his Jesus than about any other one wits. For instance one said person. Even the great Socr~- that the Bible contradicts itsd·l tes was written about by onl; and is erroneous because men one man, and yet many believed wrote it. He was handed a what was written of him. The Bible and asked to back up hi" great songs and poems, an:! statement . . . and the next Another even politics, were influenced move was obvious.

by Jesus. He cited the famou-, ::;emi-quoted Scripture to d1s-· works of Handel and Bach and prove Scripture. When stopped the vain efforts of Nero. So and pointed out his error of he concluded that Jesus was an quoting, he pressed no further.

But there was a serious side unusual character. to the questioning. ''When W" He also used as data infor- perceive something then 11e mation obtained from a crimi- know that it exists. How th t>n nal, a narcotic addict, a r eli- can W<' know that God exists?" gious iperson and many other:, who testified t ha,t their live.; One cannot perceive Gou were transformed by the PO"-e:· with the normal senses and of Christ. those such as reason, mystiFrom those observations ne cism, experiment and intuition. postulated the theory: J e3us That's why God became mall so that with one's limited perChris t can transform lives.

Emphasizing that no trui:r ceptive powers one may b" scientific investigator wo11ld able to comprehend about Hin,. come to a definite conclusiu1, Skinner said that he got al. without first performing an the satisfaction he wanted exacting experiment, Mr. Skin- through the living Jesus-that ner told us how he 'experi- was perception enough foL· him. mented.'

A gangster, but yet a faithThe music-room had been a ful church-goer, he 'tried i, furnace! In the congestion 11. out.' He took the Bible as God';; a few boys had turned away

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Three masters rejoined us at the start of this term.

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INTER-HOUSE DEBATES The Inter-House Debatiqr Competition is in an interesting position at the moment.

In the first round, Nobos defeated D'Urban and Woolev lost to Cunningham. In tb.P second round Raleigh gained the judge's nod over Pilg1irn and Moulder bowed out to Weston.

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SKINNER Skinner became a ga::1gleader partly because he wc1.~ lured into it by friends and partly because he wanted to be something. Even in those days he did not really enjuy himself. He wanted to be goon .

He enrolled in University af,.er conversion and pursued philosophy. He was often cri·tici.led by his fellows there, but b" said 'the power of God kept me.' He was able to get fivedenominations together on his team because they saw the need for breaking denominational ,barriers to proclaim the go,;pel. The majority of his team are students and :workers. Only eight are devoted to full-time service. But crusading is not normally affected by this handicap. After a short re,H the E,ev. Skinner plans to conduct crusades in California.

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On the next day it was ev1-· dent that something HAD happened at school. Discussion groups were lively in the aud!torium and the most common words were Skinner, scientific method, Bible and Christ. By Monday everything bad die<'l down, except of course, ironie gazes upon the walking paradoxes of the school.

competition for the last twc, years.

We welcome .back Mr L<m don, and are sure after his "rest" that he will reaJly instil a vigorous spirit into the boys, especially in the crickt ~ field.

Mr. C. A. Yansen left us at the end of January last year and spent a'bout eight montns in England. Now he haJ returned. He spent a won ct~l'ful time there and enjoyt:d himself immensely on his voyages to and from England.

Whilst going, he was nicknamed "Ambassador to B. G.'' and on bis return spoke at fao captain's dinner as a representative of the Commonwealth.

These ex:periences of M~ The system was changed Yanscn are sure to ''benefit" from last year's. Some Houses the boys, the lower school in bad to debate twice, whiis·~ particular. others debated once and went Last but not least is "taJl. straight into the semi-final. tanned. . . ." Mr. Eyre.

An important point that Ee was away since last mus t bt• noted is the favour- March and was in England able comments by the judge3 from April to November. He on the standard of debates. The sec11red his B.A. Honours in Houses are to be commended for the obvious hard work put History as an external student while in England. in to prepare their debates.

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House debates have concluded.

Amol'l\&' the plans is the idea oo holding a meeting of :the Gen· cral Assembly of the United Nations.

Debaters wiJl each be a rep i-esentative of a, country in the GeM'r al Assembly and wiJI debate such controversial topitf1 as China's a.dmitsion to the United Nations General Assembly, the Berlin deadlo;:•,. nuclear disarmaanent a n d · many more current 'tc1pics.

There will be about twelve speakem on the tapics and the members of the audience will vote for or ag,a.im.t the motions; they will :represent 'the remainder of the body of the General Assembly.

Another plan is to invite four professional men from variious fields SjUCb as a do<"tor lawyer, priest and, business~ man, who will form a panel and discuss and a,nsiwer problems and question posed by the commietee of the Society and members of the audience.

Again these topics will deal ,dth ourrent affairs1and world problems.

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Mr. Eyre's presence wiJI Le certainly felt in the cricket team as we are in dire need of a "safe and sound" batsman, the "wait and see" type.

There three gentlemen have already re-acchmatized themselves and have settled dowa comforta·b ly.

Q. C. ARMY With the return of Mr. London, the regular Physical Training exercises have been turned into military training.

Each Friday morning this bare-backed army can be seen parading around the Assembly Hall practising the latest 1920 manoeuvres. Evid.ently the "Com.man.ding Officer'' took a ·course in footdrill in Hollywood during the re-filming of "T o Hell And Bark", whilst holidaying in California.

There seems to be a n umber of budding Cadets and future Guyanese National Army Officers in Commander I.Jondon's militia.

It is a welcome change from the games to which the lower school was accustomed. This parading, marching, sweating, walking, stumbling band of Mr. London's ought to benefit from his "rigid practices" as it would really exert them physically and teach them some discipline.

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Like the salt of the earth I notice that we cadets dissolve in rain and it has thus become necessary to cancel parades at What does Goverrunentf the slightest increase in atmospheric humidity. It is however !"ea.Jly have in mind to do with heartening to see a'bout 80% ue Q.C. boys? Will the pro· posed College of Liberal Arts attendance on the few parades and Sciences lower traditional which do come off regardless ~tandards? These questions of the many ranks excused f0r and otherR were implicitly an· various reasons. s wered when Dr. Han·y Dray· ton, Advis.er to the GoYern· Now that the SJWagger of the ment on the setting up of a corps has returned with many 1JHiveraity, came to \he school ceremonial parades and rifle on the :23rd of Janua.ry, to competitions it s e e m s as outline the plan to Upper· though those at the top ace school situdents. losing interest. Great is the Dr. DrayUon lauded the pro· s,peculation as to what will happen during the House Foot- posed move and pronounced it ball competition. According to worthwhile. But he stressed the Priority List "Friday that wi,t hout co·Ol)eration sucCadets" takes priority over cess should not be anticipated.

House matches thou,gh this Then, alfter stating thwt he rule is not enforced; I wo11lJ really came to find out how however be grateful if somi- many sbuden'ts would wish rtJo compromise is reached as I be among the first to enrol, lhe would like to attend both acti- proceeded wi,th his brief out· vities (impossible at ·the samf line. time).

REQUIREMENTS The sight of the cadets rolling and crawling with fixed Each person must possess. at bayonets on the field one afie1·_ noon is certainly a step to- !bast five O·Level passes (or ward regaining the past in- five School Certificaite Credits.) terest and glory in the corp<1. for admission. A13 many as one and lfifty could enrol We, the cadets, would however .hundred buit they must do so before like to see more shooting, route marches and manoeuvre.'l October. in the future.

At 'the moment, Government J. o. s. was concerned with a fouryear course. During the first two yeairs, an integrated course comprising Arts, N a t u r a l Shocking! Isn't it Science, Social Science, English Despite repeated warnings and HistQ:i:y would be com· by the former principal pulsory. Specialization could against the carefree attitude then take place, and it would towards study, boys con- be possible to obtain a, General tinue to waste their time B.A. or B.Sc. degree at the end during study periods. In fact,~ of 'the following <two years. these senior members of the school regard these periods as A s.udden smigger df specu· free periods when they can lative excitement had lblaze<i talk, argue and laugh as across ithe school as the lSJtter heartily wt they wish. tita,tement rang out. Dr. Dray· ton therefore explained the It is a pity to kn.ow that steps that were being taken 'to these boys are either from the Ensure that the local deg;r,eefifth or sixth forms. What un- stallldards would be equivalent disciplined minds! In many to those of rooognized ,universicases there are prefects in the ties. balcony, but they are considere.d as 'one of us' by those Firslt; of all it was hoped, he busy in conversation. It is said, to acquire sponaorship only on the appearance of the :!rom Mc Gill Univers1ty in 'Chief' that silence follows.

Canada. But. he added, there was no replY of confirma'tion The form room nearest the lfrom that institute as yet. balcony is usually no quieter.

Some of its occupants shout Secondly, external examiners at the top of their voices. At of re-puite would ~ ithe paperi3 times they disturb masters a11d mark them: also. Hence, below with their cat-sparring, vro~r siandards would be and when rebuked add their mamta.ined. abuse in the usual indecent manner.

But what is going to hap· pen to tbe six.th :forms - to Detention is no threat, nor those w.no, by Ootober, will is it a deterrent. They say have already sait at A·Level, 'What is an hour?' More often and a.Jso to those who have than not, in a peculiar dialect, just •b egun 'their two-year A· they comment: "'O.K. man, I Level course? "Nothing-", and gun get chuck, not you". As I as a subsidiary point Dr. once complained of disturb- Drayton emphasized t h a t ance, I was told rather sar- specific specialization, such as castically that I would be the in medicine, would not be pcsfirst Guiana Scholar from a sible locally as yet. No provineighbouring school. The rest sion was made for A-Level enjoyed the witty comment students - at least for the and laughed heartily. This is start. They would have to conthe kind of behaviour that tinue as before and pursue prevails. Shocking. Isn't it? their honours degrees, for instance, abroad - Government ADAMS, R. A. 5RA no longer giving grants for such.

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'1 • vive? In reply, Dr. Dmytt•r. that pr<>ferenc?

I first stated I would al~vays be given to GUJia11el!e and West Indian teachers.

'I·hen he said that assurance for part-time teaching had al ready been given lby compc· h>n1t maa.ters. Peoph lfrom abroad had all:o c1nfirmed their willinv•ess to accept ap· poirutmE>nt as tutoo-s in view c,f the attractive salaries of fered. Rowe"er, much wc.,nld d1 pm:d on the Q.C. science t, ~taff. +

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Fees would be reasonable ...

Syllabuses1 would ibe tailored to suit local needs. But in subjoot.s such as Lite1·ature. where locally there was not · much depth, provis~on might be made to accommodate repu tabl·e foreign worka. . . TherF. ~ould probably be no re!ltrk:· ttons from sitting at 'A'·Level ~fter 'two years df the cowrse if the &tudent so desir05i . . . .

The fa~ ithait the college will be run I~ the evening will not necessarily affect academic standards . . . Queen's College would be used only temporarily · · · Local firms1 would be in· formed about the p,rogress m~de and then it. would be inevirtable for tlhem rto ace@t graduaites from ,t he University on 'the grounds of standards.

Dr: Drayton al'so stresised that 1f the majority of the 160 students req~ired were Q.C. boys, the Umversity would be already on one-tenth of its way to certain su~.

Dr. Alsopp then asked for boys in'terested to show hands.

One hand iwent up.

Dr. D.rayton waa dnly thanked for his informative lecture and the unu5lual 3: 1G r,.m. assembly was dismi~:,icd at 4:15.

In the ma1-et Of Scienee, the field of Medicine is making revolutionary advancement and your Doct,or - alth<>ugh very busy - Is keeping albreast wl!Jh every new development by rea<ling llls Journals and scientific reprtnts.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Mr. Miles Fitzpatrick was guest-speaker at a meeting of the Literary and Debating Society on January 25th. Mr. Fitzpatrick delivered a, lecture on "Siocialism" . Treating his subject expertly, Mr. Fitzpatrick gave a detailed account of why under-developed countries have come to accept Socialism and gave his idea of the ideal Socialist state.

The meeting was adjourned after only two questions were asked. This was due to the lateness of the hour and the anxiety of ~me l()f the clockwatching Bishops' High School girls who were kindly invited.

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Pepsi Always Scores .. !

The school received a gift of two Webster's New Collegiate Dictionaries from the U.S.A.I.D. 0 n e has be en placed in the library and the other in the staff room. . Each dictionary besides havlllg the usual meaning of words also has a guide to pronu~c.iati?n, explanatory notes facilitating the finding of words ad explaining the abbr~viations, a list of biograph1chal names, a pronouncing gazetteer which has the name of almost every important city an~ country in the world, and a. bst of American and Canadian Colleges and Universities.

These books will be of invaluable help to the students here and the "Lictor'' staff thank the. U.S.A.I.D warmly for their generosity.

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Mr. E. P. Clayton in his farewell speech announced that he had donated two books to the school library, "The Cc~!:!acks" and "Myths and Legends of Africa". He hoped that a,IJ those leaving the school will follow his example and donate a book to the· library.

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That Father is not sure who he passed first in Q.C.Kadam or (Mr.) )like.

That M. T. bought a pair of socks and got a pair of rust brown brogues free-to match the beard.

That Clarence wanted to become Treasurer of the Tour Club.

That Father's car is a regular Sooty mid-day feature at Ross' Filling Station.

That Yango's vacation failed to produce more tall tales.

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The plan to extend the westAt thiS1 pk>imit Dr. Alsopp, ern wing of Q.C. to accommo-- a.cting principal, invited qu~date the first constituent col- tions, but reminded us that the lege of the University of Guy- idea was not whether .or not ana has been abandoned by B.G. should have a Univers1ty Government. Instead it is pro- -- 'that was inevitable and in· posed that two new science dEed necessary lfor an Indepenlaiboratories will be construct- dent country. Qu~ions should ed. These will be later used b:r be directed as itx> how th'! Rf'tQ.C. when the permanent uni- 1.ing up of such a:n instiitwtiou would affect Q.C. versity is set up elsewhere.

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That the flashing chalky smiles of Tweet, Ka.dam and Handel gives due credit to Brer Goat's dental finesse.

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NEW SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP CUP· The school was presented a cup by Demerara Bauxite Company which will be the n<'w Senior Championship Cup because it is the largest cup or. h and.

A new cup was bought fot last year's senior championship but this has now beco'l1 • the cup for the Under 17 Championship with the large:r Demh rup takins:\" its place.

Some other firms hav<' alsc contributed cups for prizes fo1 the athletics competition. Onll of these has been g iven tu Raleigh House and another to Weston House for the respective House champions.

The "Lictor'' on behalf o: the school and members of the staff thank Demba and the other kind firms for their gcnp1•0 11" c0ntrih11tion'I

Inter-House Table Tennis This term's table-tennis activity took the form of t1:e struggle for I n t e r -Hou~e supremacy in the cellulo1d game. As usu al t he Houses wer e divided into two sections.

Section I was won by Pt!i·cival with 28 ,p oin ts. who upset the h ighly-favou r ed D' Urban in a keenly contested ma tch. P ii· gri m, with 27 points, emergeJ winners of Section II, due mainly to fine all roun(J play by the members of the team.

Judging from the high standard of play witnesReo throughout the competition, the fi nals between Percivai and Pilgrim pr omises to b·· closely contested. I shall no r ven t ure to pr edict the outcome at t h is point, but this much is certain: Perciva l stands a very good chance of winn ing as sh e has a bet ter balanced team .

However, if Pilgrim produce,, the form shown against Mould<'l· earlier in the competitio"l, tht·n she will 1be able to ho.Id her own, a nd perh apl? pull of' the match. Luck in t h e <Lraw should be t h e deciding factor in the issue.

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SPORTS BRIEF Th is c up, p resente d t o us b_v D e mba, will b e the Sen ror C ha mpions h ip Troph y as from t o m orrow's sport s meet i ng.

ATHLETIC After the excitin g run-off of the Standard Trials, keen competition is expected at this year's Sport Meeting. Comt>etition in the divisions themselves is quite hot and the division championships are st·11 wide open.

In the tussle for supremary a mong the houses, Pilgrim ha, won the Standard Poin~s Shield with Austin quite cloi,r behind. For the Championship Shield, which is decided on Sports Day Pilgrim should emerge vi ctorious . N ever-thP· less a sharp eye should be kept on N obbs and Percival.

In the under 13 divisio11, Campbel! (C) having already won the long jump with a record distance, is firm ~avourite. But I choose Mc David, who should win all the sprints , +.i win. In the under 15 div_isio!', Griffith excelling with wms in the long jump. and the hop, step and jump s hould jus t ed&' out Warner and Storey. These \hree lads are quite stroi:iis, with Storey looking a sure wrnner in the quarter an~ half mile. Warner should wm tn e two shorter sprints.

The senior divis,ons a1 ..: usually the most exciting anrl it is in these two divisions t1:a t records should tumble. In the under 17 championship t~l superbly fit Astel Paul (E ) , in my opinion, cannot possibly '1e beaten barring accidents. He shoul<l' score wins in the 1or·.

220 440 and 880 and should pla~e in the mile. However, the Mackenzie boy N ewton wnv already has wins in th e lon9· jump, and the hop, ste~ ar.J jump, as w<'II as a plac~ m shot-put can well provide tr. ! upset. The men to watch are Hemmerding, Young Kong and the 'OUtclassed Morrison.

SPORTS ly donated Demba Cup, can produce t he best times for quite a while. Marshall, our head boy, has his eye set on the quarter mile record and is almost certain to emerge V ictor Ludorum .

Fox (G) at present has shown brilliant form and c.,: provide the upsets. Robert, who much was expected of, is badly off form, and only th,• field events can bring him into the picture. H ere a r e my predictions.

Under 13: McDavid (L ) : Under 15: Griffith (F) ; Under 17 : Paul ( E) ; open Mar::hal ( A).

Old Boys Race : "T. O." or "Caibby" Master's Race: Mr. Clarke.

Desmond, T. Prefects' Race: "Mike··.

Sports Editor's Note: Roberts has displayed hi" modes ty. He djd not mentic.n that he already has 3 point,; and he could win the Deml.Ja <' up. He could win or place in 5 events which could give him more points than any other competitor in his division.

Our cricket captain P . A. M Griffith returned to school a t 1 he beginni ng of the term, but unfortunately had been force r] to return to the United Statf!~ due to illn ess. . . •

* * * * Also returni n g were Mr. London and Mr. Eyre. It is n o•. known wheth er Mr. Londou will be playing any cricket. but it is hoped that he would l•nlist h is ser vices to add some stability to t h e Wight Cup team.

Q. C. Demoted to Northcote Queen's College has bean demoted to the Northcote C1,i;: following our poor performance during the 1962 Sl·as on.

W e lost all our matches but one outright, and that one we lost on first innings.

We lost 92 points out of l possible 96. It is true that we have failed miserably, but lt>t. us forget the past and look to us not cry over spilt milk. Let the future, and try to do our bc>st this season and wir. th" Northcote Cup.

This can only •b e done if we utilize to the fullest the facili· ties which we have. After all it is not the bat. but the ma:1 behind the bat that matters Let us pull up our sockl:i and play as a team; not as elt•vcn .ndividuals.

Last year our individual performance were good but ou~ collective effort was poor. have the potential but we .. r What is surprising is that we not use it. Last season Dolp1.1in scored 465 runs and t his total was the fifth highest for the whole of the Case Cup. Roopnaraine came across 1 o us from St. Stanislaus and in eleven innings he s cored 227 runs, whilst many Case Cup players did not even score eve·· 200 runs for the entire ,.,eason although they batted 23 times. batsman, but each member of True, Roopnaraine is a go0,i the team should be capable of making 10 runs in each innings.

What is most distressing i~ that those who contribute notiiing to the score oftt>n misfield and even drop catches; tnis makes their contribution nega-

tive. Tht'n they become liabilities rather than assets to t h e team and thanks to them we are in the Northcote Cup. Bt.t they have taken with them those who tric•d t h eir best an<l this could well s,poil thei:· chances of becoming colo1 y players.

Dolphin and Murray wel"l called to trials and they l)l:!1·formed excellently. Murray was selected to tour Barbados and the LICTOR ext<•nds its belated congratulations to h im on his selection.

Dolphin was declined selection because of his inexper;. eme. But he put up a splendid pedo1 rnance at th1• t r ials anJ it is hoped that his not being:,..,1c:t. 1.ea wlli not discoura ge him, but rather encourage him to do better, although tne s tandard of the Northcote Cu~ is below that of the Case Cup,

Why No Discus?

I think that the time is r ipe ior another revision of 'the Cr ic1{et E:vents for Spc11t~.

Ball has become outdated a nd I th ink t hat Discus and/or Javelin should replaee it.

It may be recalled that when J . M. S ingh was Shot Putt champion, t h e school toured Trinidad and on e of 'me events on t he athletic pro· ~ramme "'as Discus.

Singh, was second in this E!\'ent, and one wonders why this event was not introduced.

Let us modernise our S ports.

Let 1us have the Discus a pd Javelin.

One Slip Could Mean FAILURE !

Mr. Eyre is no.t sure for which team he will be playinir, but which ever it is, h e will be of great service. because h e will be able to prevent us from losing outright . . ..

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Tht' Butchey Oup for th <? high est aggregate in the Case rup for 1962 has been wnn by H. E. Dolphin.

* * * * The Haly Cup for the higrt· o.st ~~gregate in the Wight Cup has l;)een won by Nia.matali.

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The Moulder Cup for the. most promising player b as been awarded to G. V. Rohlebr.

T he Lictor cong r atulates these iplayers on th eir success.

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