The QC Lictor - July, 1963

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PRICE 10 Cen ts 0nward. Upward. May We Ever Go ! ••

Wednesday. July 131. 1963

THE VERDICT: HELL-UV -A-TERM Shortest Term involving Billet,i ng and Exodus

Three students give thein • • opinion

What do you think of the Of course, this fact also Summer Term 1963? To this provided an added inconRacial Harmony. That's the question you will get all sorts venience tl'.l an already incons logan oi the day. How can of answers: The shortest venient term. For the commothis. be achieved? Three stuterm in the annuals of Q.C. tion and bustle that accomdenls give their views on this An eventful term. And so :>n. pany the building of their two But one interviewee summed labs, pierce right through the burning subject. it up concisely: A Hell-uv-a- Hall, whether examinations term. are being conducted there or First hear what Glasheen For indeed it has been. The not. Nor are the limited claS'sG.R. of F orm Upper 4th ClasS'ioffi.cial date of re-opening of r l'.l O m s s p are d. Rightly cal has to say. the term was May 2. Those of summed up, it ·is not only the · us who could, turned up as shortest term ever at Q.C. It usual. Quite a, number could has been a hell-uv-a-term. And Everyone knows that during not, because of transportation you will perhaps agree when the recent s.trike there was an difficulties brought about by you gather that, added to all outbreak of racial beatings the strike of transport work- these difficulties, we face the and murders. Shocked, people G. R. GLASHEEN er~ut the general strike was posS'ibility of an exodus of ask why did it happen and evident even to those assem- ,_n_e_a_r_s_o_m__e_t_e_n m _ a_s.t_e_r_s_. - -- __,_v_h_at_ c_a_n_t_h_ey_ d_o_ t_o_s_to_P_.i_t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ bled at 10.00 a.m. For instead of the usual galaxy of masters pacing up the aisle to the platform in academic array, the acting Principal proHave you ever examined the to St. Lucia. There he was ap- trative work in education. He ceeded to the platform with British Guiana S~ior Staff pointed Inspector of Schools, was an active and helpful memquickened pace. He was un- List? For the purposes of this a poM; which he held until 1948 ber of the community. F or accompanied. article I did so. And in one when he returned to B.G. to some years. he was Chairman GownleS's as he was, we druted 1st Apr,il, 1959, I o'b- become Deputy P rincipal of of the Literary Section of the knew the verdict before it was announced. There would served the follcming data the ,Governmen.t Technical In- Y.M.C.A. in New Amsterdam, stitute up to 1953. He was then and was later Vice-President be no school as the masters, under Queen's College: in response to their union's made a Senior Education Offi- of .the Berbice Football Assocall, were on strike. They Name of officer: James A. cer in the Education Depart- ciation. He represented Berwere not on strike against us Rodway, B.A. (London), ment, untH he joined us in bice in football matches. He -Dr. Alsopp emphasized, so Teachers' Dipl•oma (m. ) 1957. He has been with us ever also represented the Berbice save the Upper 6th, we should since then. militia, and St. Lucia and St. go home until we were inDate of birth : 12. 2. 08.

Vincent, at military and miniaformed to return.

Between his moving around, ture rifle shooting. He wa.s Date of firs,t appointment: Apart from certain arhe secured his B.A. as an ex- considered a crack-shot in his rangements which were subse- 27. 10. 48. ternal student of London Uni- hey-day. He had some poems quently made for the teachin 6 of the Fifths, that call to Date of present appoint- versity. Jn Hl46, he was published locally in his early days which provided much enreturn was not heard until ment: 18. 9. 57. tertainment.

Monday 8th July. And had the Minister of Education inUnfortunately Mr. Radway sisted, we wl'.luld have been ,vlr. Rodway asked that it leaves Q.C. this term on preout again on the 19th. Forbe emphasised that he was retirement leave.

We could tunately or unfortunately he born in Georgetown and not not let him I-eave us without ' yielded to proposals that we Berbice as many people think. continue until the 31st. sharing some of his experiHere we glimpse the impecThis would have been bad ences with us. So here's inforenough, 1f other events didn't cable quality of his charact er; mation we thinik you'll enjoy. tend to aggravate the issue. that truth must not be tamOn Saturday 6th July a milipered with. Although there He attended Q.iC. from 1918tary jeep stopped in front of was a somewhat imperceptible 27 and had a distinguished our Thomas Road gate. Three perpetual slant of his head career here. He was a Govofficers emerged, and wended that earned him the nickname their way to the office of the ernment Scholar and in keepof "Slanty'' y ·. when it came Deputy Principal. Armed with ing in the same vein won the a Requisitio,n Order, they anto discipline, ne never did lean P ercival Exhibition. He led nounced that some 250 sol- an active life in extra-currion any side, but was impartial diers would be billeted l'.ln us. and stern.

Their regrets and apologies cular activities. He was secrewe accepted, but our fate was tary of the Games Club, played On the lighter side Mr. RocL a solid game of football at inevitable. way's favourite hobby is anglAs a result the whole Eastright-half for the 1st XI footing. It was a regular sight to ern wing of the school with balJ team and was a distinthe exception of the labs are guished half-miler. In addi- Mr. RODWAY . .. at leisure see him in a s.traw ha,t, fishnow occupied by the 2nd tion, he was Editor of tihe ing-rod over his back and fishGreen Jackets Battalion of School Magazine. ing tackle, wending his way awarded a British Council the King's Royal Ri'fle Corps. towards the innumerable Scholarship to secure his They have their own telephone On leaving Q.C. Mr. Rod- Teachers' Diploma at the In- streams, canals, ponds and and r>oom 20 is their operation rivers to angle. He is quite an rocm ; room 23, the wood-work way worked as an unpaid vol- sti tute of Education, London experienced angler and iai alshop, the northern garage, unteer at the Lands and Mines. Univers•ity.

This Teachers' ways ready to offer a word of and the basement are alS'o in During his stay there, he Diploma is now called the use by the ar my. The dining earned an income by doing P.G.O.IE. advice or encouragement to hall is their mess room and some private coaching which novices in the art of angling. their ccoking is done in the He also loves s wimming and played an important part later Strangely enough, Mr. Rodkitchen ., takes every opportunity he on in his Hfe. He later worked T hese men are under the way said that when he left command of Coll'.lnel G. Mills, at the cold storage department school he had no intention of gets to swim. He likes to listen with Major R. Parker second- of Wieting and Richter before entering the field of education. to both class,ical and jazz music in-command and Captain M. entering the educational field. The private coaching which he and is himself a pianist of no mean ability, although he modD. Slade as adjutant. It is not did whilst working at the estly says that he cannot play quite understandable who is He went to Berbice High Lands and Mines Dept., was tolerating whom, so that one well. can only hope that it will be Sdhool as a master in 1929 and instrumental in shaping his possible for other arrange- by 1936, due to his, hard work career. He confes.ses, however.

Comparing the Q.C. of his ments to be made for these and his joy in helping people, that if he were to re-live his day with t hat of the :present. men before September 16, he was appointed Deputy Prin- life, he would unhesitatingly he said that the boys now are when school is due to re-open. cipal. He held this post until rrturn to the field of education. lef.s mischievous than his It would not only be Q.C. 1940 when he left for St. Vinschoolmates. He offset this by who would suffer displaceThere he continued his cent. shall not live by bread "Man saying the students of the 1920 ment. For the University is due to begin its course on progress in the educational alone". Mr. Radway believes era were more orderly, alTuesday 1st October, and is to arena and taught at the St. in .this saying. He did not re- thougih it sounds paradoxical. be temporarily hl'.> used in cur Vincent Grammar School up to str ict his attention to t each- He observed that there is less buildings.

1943. He then hopped acro,Js ing and performing adminis- school spirit and also House

Profile - Mr J.A. AODWAY

from getting worse? Some maintain that the seeds of racial discord were there all the time and that the strike just brough i; them to the surface. · One may germinate seeds in a bottle of water and watch tliem grow, but after a certain s tage they can no longer live on just water. The hardships of the strike may be likened to the water a nd I am sure that the seeds of strife have reached the stage where something more than water is, needed. It is up to every decent Guianese to prevent them from receiving additional nutriment and to hasten their wilting, dying and decay.

The best cu re is prevention and the seeds will not die if people refuse to acknowledge their existence. It. is like keeping a lawn tidy. It is no good waiting until the gra9s is so high that one cannot see above it. It must be t rimmed regularly. The land it grows in is kept dry and one 'has only to dispose of a little bit of grass at a time-an easier task than trying to remove three months' grass at one time.

I am not saying that racial str,ife runs riot here. On the contrary. But it does not exis: where rGuianese have been well educated, and it is up to the intelligent people to relieve the more ignorant, misguided souls who are trying to pick their way through the uncut jungle l'.lf racial fearS'. Progress will never come with narrcmmindedness and it is up to persons such as, ourselves, attend· ing the top school in the col• ony, where, incidently, I have never found a racial element, to lead the way.

Thoug,h the present inhabitants of this country may not be able to rid themselves of the roots of suspicion and distrust, it is for the future citizens, who still have open minds, to prepare the way for peace. The abolition of racial discord can not be accomplished cwernight.

It must be a long, drawn-out process, but ,I am .confident that if it s,tarts in the centres of learning the way m·ay be shortened.

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soirit now than before "possibly", he s'ays "because the scholars tend to stick to their books too much, particularly those in the Upper F orms".

Mt·. Rodway, who was House Master of Percival House, intends to continue teaching either here or abroad.

We wish Mr. Rod way the best of luck and eiq>ress a heart feJt "thank you" to him.

His footp·r ints .will be there in the sand of time for us to follow.

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QUEEN'S

COLLE,GE

Wednesday . July 31. 1 963

LICTOR

In an a rdcle appearing in our last issue,

THE Q.C, LICTOR

a m em!her of Form SR A eomplained about the growing t ende n cy to idleness among some of our sCJudents. Todaiy, our contri-

EDITORIAL BOARD.

butor J. L. Robins on o f Fo:nn SC writes in d efen ce o f Idle n ess a nd comme n ts

A. B. FARLEY

Editor D. T. ROBERTS Assid 4nt Editor H. M. SYED Features Editor J. 0 . SMITH Spori1 EdittJr D. A. GRANGER Treasurer Mr. A. R. MORGAN Supervisor N.B. :-The views expressed by individuals are not necessarHy those of the 1<:rlitorial Board and School as a whole.

-Ed. Q.C.L.

Weclnesclay. July 31 , 1963

EDITORIAL

Racial Harmony fNother pages of this issue some p1·ominence is g_1ven to the necessity for Racial Harmony, and sugge. tions as r-0 how this may be achieved. ,V11ile we do not share all the views of our contributoFS, we offe1· no apology for th 1! prominence given the subject. " ' e believe it should be unnecessary but we have to face the stark facts: mutual fear, hatred, and distrust among the races, has each mised its ug·ly head, and we D{'ed not 1·eview the result.

Here at Queen's, we believe, we have a lesson for our l'Ountry at large. Our staff comprises masters drawn from all races. So too are our stud ents. But there lta s never been any outburst of racial animosity.

Perhaps this is due to the common background that master shares with master, and-to some extent, boy with boy. And here lies the rub. We suggest that every effort be mad e to disseminate the culture of each race un the one hand, and on the other, that attempts be made by each race to understand the culture of the otller. " re further suggest that nat.ionality give precedence to race. " ' e feel that in our school community, the school spirit takes precedence over everything else, and that this fact is in some respects 1-esponsilble for the peace and harmony that prevail.

We ate aware that history has pr!Oven religion and ideologies more powerful elements than nationality. But need we follow the beaten track? Certainly if we continue to pm'Sue this internal enmity, the only solution will be an extemal enemy to threaten the very existence of us all. And with Independence approaching, with existing border disputes, we might. not rule thi s ou t entirely. But why wait for this?

Let us do something about it now. We endorse Ik Allsop·p 's ::tJd monition on July 8th, that we at Q.O. set the ball rolling N'(~W- Jtt is our hope too that the nation at h11·ge will join us and respond to the call wholeheartedly.

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IDLE1NESS IS AN ART There can be n-0 doubt that idleness is an art, for it requires the utmost skill to control and channel its effects.

The least lack of control can result in boredom, but true skill can cause great enjoyment.

The first thing which needs skill, is the creation -0f a frame of mind suited to idleness. This is best done by contemplating others at work; for then, the sight of the exertion of others so paralyses any will to work, that one becomes fully prepared for a few idle hours.

The two best ways of being idle are firstly, losing oneself in dreams., and secondly, making the mind an absolute blank.

The greatest advantage -0f the first is that one may do in imagination all those things which would require a great deal of exertion in reality. The second method is ,preferred by those who experience acute emotional tremors at the thought of work. A blank mind is the best safeguard against snch painful thoughts.

Dreaming, as a way -0f being idle. can also be subdi¥ided into two oat.egories : imagining un· likely things, .and discussing trifles with Qneself. In the

former case the mind can be carried to a stupor, resulting in a facial expression which a casual observer could mistake either for lunacy or for the result of opium. A closer look would sc.em to reveal that parl of s,chizophrenia during which the patient lives only in a world of dreams. To the dreamer however, it seems to be the estatic point of a maniac depressive cycle. In any case, who wants to be realistic?

In the second category, one may be cons,idering a change uf clothes. or getting up from a chair, or the reason a relative is growing tiresome. One n1ay also be wat.ching someone wor.k and considering and analysing his motives.

There is however, one way of inducing and s,ustaining .~ state of idlenes!1 by one and the same method. This is by con, templating · something "1hich ought to be done immediately.

One can sit and consider all the horrors of exertion which are being avoided. This may be called "the pleasu res of procrastination". The first theorem of this doctrine is that "any task can be postponed to infinity:" the second, "that no

Letters to. the December

Little Side

Exam for him

Football

Because of the general strike, the school lost all but three weeks of this term. To fifth-formers, this am'Ounted to a whc,le term. In these circumstances, it 3eems that to write Oxford and Cambridge examinations in December instead of July would have given boys taking the Ordinary Level a better · chance of passing. It may be claimed that the last term is mainly for revision and not for new work. But this is very seldom true.

I ha'Ve also been told that t'O write the examination in December would cause complications i'n the promotion of certain boys. But, surely, this could have been decided on work done during the year, in which case the only boys who would be affected would be those who enter the Remove forms from U4C as was done last yeaJr. Besides, the December examination may mean the difference between one and a half term's work on s upplementary subjects in the Lower Sixth as against a: whole year.

To further prove my point, I add. There was some talk of our do0ing the London examinations next year. If the rumour is true, would not a boy who has failed an Oxford and Cambridge examination this year have to do a different syllabus for the Lo0ndon equivalent next year?

I would like to enquire what examinations would we have taken this year if the time-limit, given by the Oxford and Cambridge examiners, had expired before the papers had arrived. Would our entrance fees have been refunded or would we possibly have done the December paper?

Yours truly, P. D. FRASER,

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Idleness has been advocaced, thouig,h only implicitly, in many relig,ions and in many countries. If the three Chinese monkeys did nothing but "hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil,'' they must have been carrying idleness to an extreme. Some Indian Religious men profess to be able to carry their minds out of the sphere of ordinary human thought, but they are probably in many cases secretly practising "the doctrine of procrasti•nation".

In Great 'Britain, Royalty ls paid for being Royalty, which is the only example of open official recognition of the art of idleness. In Mexico the national version of the art is called "siesta." Thus the world is becoming aware of the fact that to travel away, from a task "is better than to arrive."

One day perhaps, the art will gain official recognitfon in all countriesi instead of the universal but secret po&:ition it now holds.

Editor

Th.e Editor,

Dear Sir,

man is equal to a task he really dislikes." But here again, S1ki1l is needed to decid'e which tasks are suited to the application of the doctrine. However assuming that the task will be -ione one day, some tasks will have become gigantic by the time that day arrives. Some, on the other hand, actually dwindle. Refusing to repair one part of an automobile may cause really serious trouble, but in this case, it can safely be left in a garage with little trouble. This is of course more expensive, but it is hardly fair to expect economy and idleness at the same time.

Sir, Now that Little Side is playing Junior League football, we 'Once again see that at their rate of progress, Q.C. will lose the Dias Cup for the 5th time.

And whose fault is rt?

In Little Side, there are some good footballers, and in fact with six months of PROPER COACHING and constructive practice the Dias Cup will be ours for the asking. Because of neglect to these importa nt as"Pects, take a look at the r esults - a fluke win against Celtics and an unnecessary loss against Albouystown Y.M.C.A. What is to be d'One? I suggest that these boys be brought back to play four times a week during the holidays. I would a lso like to suggest that the captain of the team, who, incidentally, is a variable, chooses the side he will captain.

What Little Side needs is S'Ome training in a particular football system and tactics.

This side is a: good side. But their potential has to be fully exploited if Q.C. must win the Dias Cup next year and keep playing Hood League football.

Yours truly, "WORRIED".

Encouraging indeed The Editor, "The Queen's College Lictor", Queen's College, Georget>own.

Dear Sir, Dr. S. R. R. Allsopp forwarded a copy of the March 6th issue of "The Queen's College Lictor". You are to be congratulated on the pro•iuctfon of a paper of fairly high standard. It must r epre-

sent a gr.e at deal of work on the part of you and your staff.

I was particularly struck by the imagination shown in the photograph of the Demba Cup on page 6. It took me a second or tw>o t o realize that someone had gone to the trouble of photographing the crest outside our office and then inserting a photograph of the cup in the centre.

I would be most interested in receiving ai copy of ycur newspaper regularly. Wiould you please let me know the annual subscription r ate.

Yours very truly.

K. S. TlSSHA W. Public Relations Officer, Demerara Bauxite Company, Limited.

Supervisor's nolte: 1. We will see that you get a copy regularly.

2. The photography you mention was the work in its entirety of E. M. Chin- one of our Fifth Florm students. Unfortunately, we deprived him of the credit line-A.R.M.

The Star Campaign Dear Sir, Some time ago, we witnessed the efforts of a group of gentlemen wh'O attempted to pioneer a campaign called the Star Armband Campaign.

I would like to comment on the usefulness of the campaign, the sense ( if a ny) in the idea, and its value, if any, in promoting racial harmony.

Firstly, I fail to see the effectiveness of campaigning for one week against what has been going on for years.

F>or it is to be borne in mind that it is the ignorant who are most r acial in outlook and unless a proper attempt is made to communicate with them. all is lost. The campaign fruled miserably in this respect. It seems to me that it was through sheer lack of sight that these pioneers expected

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We d nesday. Ju ly 31 , 1963

'Bon

Voyage ',

The month was September, and the year 1961. Among the new masters whom we welcomed, was one who had come to us from St. Lucia. There he was head of the Education department, but with a love for teaching he decided to give up an administrative post to join what would ,be a short-staffed French Faculty here, had he not so decided.

Of course he did not then sport the silvery beard which, coupled with his build gi~s him the appearance of Ernest Hemingway. But if any a man was welcome on the Q.C. stag, it was Mr. H. D. Boxill.

One can therefore understand that it is with deep regret that we report that be leave~ us at the end of this term. Al· though Mr. Boxill goes on preretirement leave. he will not exactly sever his connection with the tea~hing profession, as he hopes to take up an ap· pointment at Presentation College, Barbados.

Good Sir He regarded our cricket and football as of a somewhat high standard but said that there was room for improvement. ..

Asked what he missed mos: whilst he bas been in B. G., Mr. Boxill with a wistful look replied. "The Sea." H e is a keen swim.ming enthusiast and missed his frequent swim in the blue waters of the small West Indian Islands. Of course he frequented our local swimming pool. He remarked too that he missed the mountainous St. Lucian scenery, adding that the low flat coastal plain here was <1uite monotonous.

Mr. Box.hill is married and has, two sons. The younger is at present teaching at St. Stanislaus College. . The elder is reading for his Doctorate in West Indian Literature at a Ca nadian University . . . We f eel confident that we voicP the feeling of all when we thank him for the invaluabl<> i::erV'ice he has rendered here. ..

Ron Voyage, good sir.

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J ohn Public to r eceive them with open a rms.

Even if we risk supposing the idea was plausible, why didn't the pi'Oneers get all the r eligious leaders tc make announcements both in the Press and o~r the radio, so that their followers would lend a listening ear?

I am of the opinion that organis:ation was poor, hence the results were po•.:>rer.

I sincerely hope that all t hose who intend to lend a relping hand in the defeat of racialism in tliis country will think constructively before they act. After all, it is a very good cause which every rig_htthinking Guianese should support. But in Q.C. I saw four supporters of the Star campaign.

Let us hope that something radical and m\Jre positive will be done instead c.f another a nnb:md campaign. We do not want ''Passive Repentance" but "Active Repentance" .

Yours sincerely, K. S. BYRNE.

Q.C. Scouts represent Colony at World Jamboree

Mr. H. D. BOXILL

Born in Barbados, Mr. Boxill was educated at Harrison College. At school he was a prefect and represented the First Eleven Team at football, whilst he skippered the Second Eleven Cricket team. He secured the Bachelor of Arts degree at London University, taldng First Class Honours in French, and was aiwarded a post graduate studentship to study phonetics and methods of linguistic research in patois. Unfortunately he was una,ble to pursue this course because of pressing administrative work in St. Lucia.

But he smilingly r emarked that he hopes to resume this resear ch, "one of ,thes-a days" .

Mr. Boxill has assured us that he has enjoyed his twoyear stay with us and com.. mended the school on its high academic standard. He was immensely impressed with the number and variety of societies functioning at Q.C. He thought these societies were performing a useful servi ce, in that they .prepared the s tudents for their f uture civic responsibilities in the community. He suggested however , that the studentSt should go a bit further by exercising their civic responsibilities now.

"A society which would cater for helping under..iprivileged children in any way possible," Mr. Boxill explained, " would enable the s tudents to exercise their civic r espons ibiliities whilst still at school, and not have t hem postponed to a future date when they leave school and establish themselves in the community." He thought that the Dramatic Society could set the ball rolling by s taging open air performanct>s of plays, free of charge.

This would enable a large cross-section of underprivileged children to attend. This could lead to a society being formed to teaC'h under-privileged children to read and write, and observe certain codes of behavio ur which would help to mould them into useful citizens of the country.

It wa_s last September that we heard that British Guiana had been invited to send a contingent to the eleventh World Jamboree, to be held on the plains of Marathon in Greece, next August.

We calculated that. it would cost each boy about a thousand dollar s, and it was no wonder that we had no applicants from the country. There were only five hundred and sixty Scouts in the, whole coltony ; how could they ever raise fifty thousand dollars?

Nevertheless, ai Jamboree committee was set up and cir· culars sent around to all the Troops. The only Troop that s·eemed interest ed was our own Queen's College Troop, bolder of all the Association's cups. We hoped to send every Patrol Leader and his Second, but after long dis cussion those whtose chances seemed best w e r e Morrison, Patterson, Daniels, Lowe, Hubbard, F arquarson, and t he tw0 Glasheens.

Our first fund-raising j obs were at parties, such as th•.:>se of the Theatre Guild and Chinese Club, where we acted as waiters. T h e n we held a Bingo, a fish-fry ( organised

by Mrs. P. Shepherd who was determined to see at least one boy go), a bring-and-buy sale and a bob-a-job week. Unfortunat ely all our plans were upset by the strike, and our

bob-a-job only netted a few jobs whilst our planned variety sh'Ow had to be cancelled.

An Association Bingo and a barbecue had to be abandoned

by Headquarters.

Not only our fund-raising, but also all our contingent plans were upset by the strike. lt has been proposed to have a contingent uniform, but :..ince then the plan has fallen through and we are hoping to buy equipment at Imperial Headquarters in London. The only thing we could do during this stagnant period was to r ehearse the show we were to put on at the J am.boree.

The people who were to travel by boat just managed to leave on the 'Canje Pheasant' tto catch the "Ascanfa." in Trinidad.

The r est of us who were to leave on the 27th July found that because of the strike our G.C.E. examinations were going to stop us leaving in time.

However, the Principal, seeing the danger, a rranged the timetable to suit us.

The entire contingent will assemble in London before leaving for Greece. M'Ost will Q'e travelling by train for three days across Europe, by way of Yugoslavia, but some of the Scouters are planning to travel Europe in a car one of them has bought and hope

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The Editor, Q.C. Lictior , July 22, 196~.

Dear Sir, During the Principal's address at the assembling of school after the general strike, it was very difficult to hear most of what was said from t he back of the hall. This was partly because a small engine was 6eing run in the garage and partly becaru:;e of the constant coming and going cf army vehicles.

The Principal's efforts to ameliorate the s ituation were

to no avail. Even in the ab· sence of these situations it is somewhat of a strain to hear distinctly what is being said.

This deficiency can be r emedied by another loudspeaker being positioned either at the baok of the hall on the face of the balcony, or along one of the walls o f the hall.

I am quite sure t hat this improvement would be welcomed by all who use the hall.

Yours sincerely, L. APPLEWHAITE. (L6 M bl

RACIAL HARMONY Says R. D. Medas I have pondered over this question of racial disuni.ty for quite sometime. I have some ideas too which, I think if implimented, can go a very far way in ~·olving the problem.

Here are a few of them.

F irstly, since a great deal of the antagonistic frelings stem from politics, t his should be o ne of the first problems to be settled. Ther e ~,hould be a coalit ion government. Since the parties to which these races g ive support will both be governing, there should be no longer any drea d of one race dominating the other.

Secondly, some of the Bank Holidays should be removed an d in their place should be put national holidays for

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Hindu and Moslem religious festivals just as there are national holidays for the Ohristian festivals, s uch as Easter and Chris,tmas. Most Mricans are Christians, and most Indians are either Hind us or Moslems. Since the religious holidays of the former are widely recognis.ed and t hose of the latter race a re not, it is onlv human that the Indians shduld feel resentful towards the Negroes.

Thirdly and finally, arrangements should be made to give lectures to Afr icans on t he religion and culture of the. Indians and to the Indians on the r eligion and culture of the Africans. After acquirmg an understanding of the religion and culture of the other race thl'l'e s hould then grow a feeling of tolerance for the religious activities of the opposite race. There should no longer be any scoff. ing at the acti vities of each other when the various r eligions fes,tivals are celebrated.

I t hink that If these s uggestions, along with the many others which are being advocated by other people, :ire put into pr.actice, the horrible apparition of race hatred would fade and d isappear. What is wor se is that unless this raciai disunity can be resolyed out· dear Guyana faces a very black and uncertain fu ture.

J. L. ROBINSON

Finally, we present the view of Robinson, J. L., of Form 5th Classical A radical solution for racial disharm'Ony is "Federation"a diluted form of "partition".

In this, each race lives in a separate state controlled by a Central Government.

This wou ld seem at first to be escapism . Apart from this it is impossible to divide British Guiana into parts with equal resources. The r aces are more dependent on each other than they r ealize, and t here would be a la rge overflow which may or may not result in a gradual integration. The idea is a cal. culated risk, but Indians and Negroes are like chlorine apcl hydr.ogen. Very ditfPrent elemen ts; if let alone they will gradually combine but an explos,ion is much quicker, if less safe.

A saner solut ion would be a large programme of cul tural ed ucation by the mas:; media.

Few Negroes know whll,t the Hindu religion is like; few Indians know Negro folk songs.

But they both know curry and roti a nd metagee. They must be made to know mor~ t han each other's favourite dishes.

The fundamental cause of disharmony is t he fact t hat race and politics have become one.

The least r ad ical, most sensible solution is a Coalition Government of t he tirree parties, But this st•em,; to have become impossible.

• News 1n Brief Mr. Sang:e r • Davies awarded O.B.E. Among those who were honoured on t he last Queen's Birt hday H onours' list for meritorious work done in this colony was former principal of Q .C., Mr. V. J. Sanger-Davies.

H e has been awarded the O.B.E. Mr. Sanger-Da ..-ies' cont ribution in the educat ional field will be long r emembered here in B.G. He has bet>n instrumental in the formation of t he AiMM; he has advised the Principals of various high(continued on page 4)

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The cricket team gave a solid dis,play in the first half of the Northcote Cup and are joint-leaders in the com'petition with 32 points. However, this was due to fine batting performance by Dolphin who is 37 runs short of his 500, having scored two centuries. He was ably assisted by Murray who has scored over 250 runs. In bowling, t he brunt of the attack was borne by Roopnaraine and Morrison who have both captured over 40 wickets. F ull points were obtained from G.rCJC, S!>.illt.'.J, and E.I.O.~J. We k>st on first innings to Eookers and Cosmos on rain affected wickets.

Hut the matches against Transport and E'a st Bank were th rown away. After having won first innings points we lost both matches outright.

The one was due to poor fielding, and the other due to poor batting. What must be realised is that although two players will make the runs and two others will take the wickets, eleven men have to field. It is very hard for a .b owler to toil hara and see catches dropped off his bowling.

One wonders w hat will hap.. pen when Mlu,rray, Dolphin, Stephens and Morrison have left sch100I. Each member of the team ~hould con~ider himself as the mainstay of the side and play as if the s ide depended on him alone. He should not t r eat selection as the end of ,h is task, he has to justify his selection. Let us hope that the members of the team will each make a positive contribution and field better when he has failed wi_th the bat. This

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schools on how best to erect their Science laboratories, and in many other ways he has been always willing not only to assist in the improvement of educational standards at Q.C .. but of the country as a whole.

The IiliCTOR would like to extend its heartiest congratulations <to Mr. Sanger-Davies, and hopes that wherever he is he will continue to assist in projects - especially educational ones-in t'he way in which only he can .

As from next term, there will be a change in the f ormsystem affecting the lower school.

Due to the strike the preposed tour to Trinidad by the games team has had to be called off.

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Northcote Cup does not mean that w:hen he has made runs he can play anyhow.

In the Wight Cup the situation is desperate, we need points. In three years we have irained ONE solitary point.

We seem to have an inferiority complex. We could never make more t han the opposition. However, there is one conoolation It is this. This team is comprised of many young players, who, need the right grooming, and there is plenty of hope for the future. But these young players should correct their attitude and not just be content with playing for the school.

In the Rajah Cup the future is bright, with the help of a few Northcote Cup players we have gained a few points. Unfortunat ely these players scored their runs in the wrong division.

Table Tennis W ARRE,N WINS JOHN BULL GUP The table tennis captain Carl Warren won the John Bull Handicap tournament, which was run off during thr. prolonged holidays. This competition was open to the colony. Starting with ,plus 5 Warren easily defeated his opponents and won through to the finals. He defeated fellow schoolboy Mike Clarke. This won him fame and when he entered for the Venezuela Cup Under 18 he IWllS one of the seeded player s. This: competition was used as a basis for the selection of one under 18 player to represent B.G. at the Caribbean chamipionships in Jamaica later this month . Warren reached the finals of the Venezuela Cup, but was beaten

by Clarke in five sets.

They are leaving too Leaving us at the end of the term to take up his Guiana Scholarship awarded in 1959 is Mr. W. H. A. L. P arris. He is going to pursue a course in Economics at the London School of Economics. There he intends to specialise in Statistics before returning either to take up a post in the Civil Service or resume teachin,q-.

Also leaving is Mr. W. A. Sam wh o joined us earlier this academic year. He is going to the U.K. to read for his B.A. Honours, Spanish. On completion he hopes to do a past graduate course for the P .G.C.E. then return to B.G. to teach.

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Sir J ohn attended Q .C . from 1896-97. A s Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterran ean he received the surrender of the Italian Fleet in W o rld War II. In 1946, the 50th annivo,raary of his entering Q .C. be left tbia bis last wartime command to bec ome First Sea Lord (the professional head of the Navy at Whitehall) , where he r emaine d u ntil r e tirement in 1948.

Sir J ohn showed his gratitude to Q .C. in his letter which hangs a longside his photograph at the back of t h e Hall .

At House A ssembly recently, " K" House observed a two-minute silence for Lord Cun ningh am'• passing.

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But to owner, Mr. R. L. Clarke, Chemistry Master since August, 1956, we tender our congratulations. It is learnt with pleasure that Mr. Clarke bas been offered and has accepted a: post as Headmaster of the Dominica Grammar School.

Mr. Clarke has been a bit mum on the subject, only commenting that he does not expect to rejoin us when the new scbO'.)l term begins in September. It is learnt that he will be leaving the colony to take up his new appointment on or about August 16.

A past student of Queen's - CcHege, from 1944 t'O 1951, Mr. Clarke later left for Selwyn College, Cambridge University. There he took the Bachelor's degree in 1956. In 1960 be received the M.A.

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Mr. Clarke takes active part in the extra-curricular activities at Q.C. The Evening Class·e s are under his pro:..a,~ ,~ ~ ,~ ~~ ... tective c&.re. But this is n•0t all. Since 1946 he bas been ~ss~c~ated with Cadets, when ne Jomed the Corps. In 1956 he was commissioned and sinc-e then has been Lieutenant STRIKE CRAZINESS ! and 2.I.C. of our Corps.

By I.M.S. It is no mere formality when we say that Mr. Clarke Co-Banks has at last fou nd ,•rill be greatly missed at Q.C. permanent living quarters. And may we add: "Good The address? . . .. Solidar ity Luck!''.

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T.U. Cadaml J LM. Slick will be holding a * * * fete for the w,hole school. Free N-0 ! It cannot be true-but drinks--<Cocktails with Moloyes, it is? What? Fader's tovs. T·h ey are guaranteed to medieaval Vauxhall has been have a great kick. You'll really "prorogued!" ~et a kick out of them! Care to come?

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Heard that K.B. has changed - - - - -- - - - - - - -1his name. His new name? . ...

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The U4C History Journal Review

During this term a laudable venture was undertaken by the U4C History class. They have produced a well-bound journal revealing deep interest in the history of this area.

The depth of research was indeed amazing, as can be j udged from the extensive array of figures quoted. Glasheen in order to write on his "Berbice Slave Insurrection" read among others, all three book~ in the Kaywana series by Mittle'holzer.

A pleasure to read were the original fi'rstpers.on stor,ies which showed an imaginative interpretation of the facts. The "Autobiography of A Slave" by M. Singh was excep,tional for its detailed resear ch and literary expression.

The credit must be gi•,en to Glasheen for his compilation of the essays, for his excellent editorial endpiece as well as his contributions. The boys also e,cpress their gratitude to their still anonymous benefactor whose gener osity, made possible the binding of the journal.

Masters Awarded Scholarships It is not only Q.C. students who live up to their reputation of winning scholarships.

Our masters do, too. And the two latest are Mr. WinHton King and Mr. William Mc Donald. , Mr. King has been awarded a scholarship by the Caribbean Organization to further his studies in Economics. Tbis ,scholarship is tenable at Stanford University, California, U.S.A. T.he course will be for a period of three years.

The term will be comm encing in mid-September so Mr. King will leave lale in August. He will return on the t~rmination cf his course. His f~mily will not be going with him n\'.>w, but may follow later.

Mr. McDonald has been awarded a Commonwealth Teacher Training Bursary He will attend the Institute of Education, Hull University, where he will further his studies in the teaching of Mathematics. He will leave in September .

The course will last for a year. Mr. McDonald will return to B.G. in accordance with the condit ion of the Bursary.

We congratulate both these gentlemen on their achievements, and wish them all success.

Q.C. Scouts (continued from page 3) to visit Rome, P aris, etc., on the way back. Three will go by plane.

After the J am.boree most of us will be staying in London at Baden-Powell House, which we shall use as a base for touring. We should all be back by mid-September. Our Troops consider it an inimitable feat to have sent so many boys (all but two 'Of the contingent) half-way across the world during a time when fund-raising had its worst opportunities, but it realizes how much it will have to work after the contingent returns to pay off i'ts debts and I would like to think that the School supports them in spirit and will meet this fundraising with enthusiasm.

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