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Now · Lectures Last term the school said "Au .. Revou:" to its Acting Headmaster, Dr. Richard Alsopp -one of our most distinguished Old Boys. Dr. Alsopp has h ad a very varied and satisfying career.

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In 1944 he got his B.A. ~econd Division. From 1944 to 19'l5 he t&ught Mathematics, History, Scripture and •Art (at school he was very good at art and won the Junior and won Senior Art prize~) as an acting junior master at Q.C. He was then &warded a British Council :.cholarship and studied for his

He began his academic career at St. Stephen's Scots School in Charlestown whose headmaster was Mr. J .E. Owen. In 1936 he won the Blair Scholarship and entered Queen'! College. then in Bnckdam.

He was in Percival house and his housemaster was Mr. 'E. 0. Pilgrim.

He wa~ very proud ol the red stripe which which he SJiYS he <'onsidered the best.

At Q.C. his hobby wa~ woodwork.

He made a suite or chairs and a desk in the Q.C. Woodwork s hop, completing it in the hol ,d:;ys when he left • ~chool.

Ile left in 1942 after IJeing third in line for the Guiana· scholar, hip and in 1943 want to '" 01·k as a junior registry clerk at the Education Department at the T. and H.D. building.

T.h.is just involved opening letter,. reading and answering them but Dr. Alsopp ~ays he found it very interesting and amusing.

Dr. R. ALSOPP

He ftudied for the B.A. with the help of Mesrss. R. C. G. Potter ( who had given him the idea) in Latin, Cameron in Matmatics and Beckles in French.

Diplor,ia of Education in · 1946.

He got an extemion lo study for an Honours degree in French and returned from University in 1948. He says he enjoyed Uni-

Marching with the Guard This term the progress o( the Cadet Corps haf been hindered by the implh:ations of the last general strike. So far this term all the parades were in rnme way cuncerned with the Armistice Day Parade which took plare on Sunday, 10th November. The unit of the Q.C. Cadet Corps was under the command uf Cadet Ollicer Morgan with cadet Officer Chung as secondin-command.

The unit comisted of the C.S.M.. two Sergeants and twenty-seven OR's. We had the honour of being in the first detachment arriving at the Cenotaph, a detachment consisting of the B.G. Police Force Band.

Q.C. Cadet Corps and the unit of the B.G. Police Force. The parade was under the command of MaJor Rochtort-Rae (2nd.

Gren. Guards) . The Corps turn out . was smart and . everyone did hts best. Accordingly, we drew compliments from the R.S .M. and the C.0. . .of B.G.V.F. A crash trammg programme has · d l or the remain · d er b een d ev1se uf the t~rm to train all ranks iii preparation for the expected ex.amination at this year end.

The high-lights of t h e programme are to be a Route March and shooting a( the miniature ranges. Recruitment for this year will take place soon.

The promotions for the corrlin g year are as follows: C .Q.M.S. Morgan and Sn. Cpl Chu,rrg to Cadet Officers, . to till .the J;:aps_Jefl by_J..ts._Cllll'ke and

Dial, Cpl. Bourne to C.S.M. L /Cpl. Granger and Roberts to S ergeants; L/Cpl. Haynes and Harris to Senior Cpls.

The following c;enior Cadets have been p~omoted to Corpora lf; Bryne, Holder, Smitt and Piggott.

The Lance Corporals for the coming year are Robinson, Changlee, Scott, Jaggernauth and Persaud.

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SCOL7TS Ai.JA·MBOREE

•ersity life and thinks evnv Earlier this year, our own One of the mo1?t significant ahle schoolboy should aim at it. Troop sent seven Scout~ to the events of thE' ' Jamboree waf a 1th World Jamboree,, which was grand Display P'rrformed by the He soon became French mas - I held o"o the pTains of Ma~athon, Conting€'n t~ al the Penthcian ter on the Q.C. staff replacing Greece, from lft-llth August. Stadium in Athens. It come off h~s old French teac~er M~. P. T. Formerly a battle site, the plains with a bang. That same day Weston who was killed m the received a secdnd ''invasion" ·(August 7th) T.coop Leader R. War. He wa~ Secretary of the this lime a peaceful. one, calc~- D~niell! had the honour of benig Old Bo!s' Association Commit- lated to promote and help fos1er pr:eset:iled to their Majesties King lee which fought for the new I friend~hip between the people3 Paul · and Queen Frederika of building in 1944. Th is building j of the world.

Greece, the Crown Prince (and was completed in 1951 and he Altogether some 14,000 Scouts chief Scout) of Greece, and other i;ays he is proud to have played I from 75 countries participated ih members o{ the Royal family at the part he did. I n that year the Jamboree. Our representa- lk\e Palace Reception . specially he ~o.t married, left his Sub:>'- ; lives. were .R.R. Daniel'!, D.A . . hel9- Iot;. represent a ttv~~ of ·Gonanv1lle home and came to hve Morrirnn (both Queen's Scouts) tingents. m the staff home.

G.J . Lowe, c.w. Hubbard, . c.J'.' The Talent-0-Rama drew ' large Farquharson, G.R. Glasheen. anti · crdwds throughout tHe Jamboree In 1953 he went on leave T. Glasheen. Unfortunately M . 'O! special me·ntion were the ..nd began a serious ~tudy of Patterson was unable to attend dances put on by the Syyian ConEnglish because he found that at the last minute. Our Scout- Ungel)t. Everyone enjoyed them. differences in West Indiah Eng- mafter George Rickford ;lso atThe Jamboree encted with a l~ih created difficulties for tended. t:losirtg cerem·ony held. in an al'nteachers.

In 1958 he got an Q.C. Troop made up half of pitheatre within the Jamboree .:VI.A. degree and in 1962 a PhD. the B.G. Contingent, a pretly f ite. · Lady, Baden-,Powe'll, widfor research in Guianese and good ef!ort on our part, which ow .of t~e Foundei: o.f Scouting, West Indian English.

In 1960 ..:an hardly Lail to. stimulat~ our w.a:; th~ guel t, of honour. ·Firehe be.c ame a Senior Master; in Scouts to greater efforts. . .. I , works" put a ' tirm cap on the 1963 Deputy Prnieipal and later At the Jambo·ree itse1f we made rlose. in the year A.ctlng Principal. ourselves ·at home, and' ' made' The ·Si?outs- ha-ve returned friendF> easily, · lt -otten happened: with iiew: experienees ~nd 'Wi<leTo Dr. Allsopp's efficiency "and ' that all o( a sl.lSiden a SCGU.t!froru:..'. ~1ed , h<;;~~o/1~ , w~ich will be of readiness to accept new ideas a:-iother country would visit our great l;>enefit t.o them in later ·. · ';· · · · · ·' the Fifth form owes the long ramp to swap badges, souvenin li!~. pants which its members now etc. The activities at the Jam- . Out ·Scoutmaster Mr. c;_ Rickproudly wear. To him and to boree provided another means' · kird . . G. Lowe and C, ·H ubbard Mr. Cameron Tudor the school of getting together: SWimming are. ·.now resilient ,in · England, owes the Lictor which they in the lovely Mar.ithon Bay was. where . theY. w-j!l further: tlteir started · in 1950 It is ·with one, games such as, basketball. s'tudie.s. · . ,:.. deep feeling therefore that the t_l.Je Jambo;ee Wide Game, and .. ·~·· s1rriilai ·na.:. . " •>' ' .

'R.E. l>ANIEI..S school and the Lictor staff join other conclaves of in wishing him "Bon Voyage!" t ure being others. ·u 6 C

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HISTORY and ·:.CUI~TURE , For some four years or rn, the· history ·we profer is mainly, ' History and Culture Week has that of the post emancipation been a regular feature in Guy- period, · anese Society. How purposeful is it?

Our Upper School boys have been giving rome thought to this question and we have been bombarded with articles expressing C.S.M. their views. . Naturally, space does not permit our printing all 1 these article~·. But we. attempt to share with our readers the opinions of four su.c h s tudents This year 240 boys sat 849 sub- even though we may not be able 1 jects and, despite the difficulties lo .print in full all that has been caused by the strike, they pasred written. :i?6-a 62 pe r cent pass. The upper fourths as a whole had 72 Says K.S. Byrne of U6Ma: pe r cent pass-upper fourth mo'·Now that the novelty of History dern having a 90 per cent pass, and Culture week has worn off, I and upper fourth Classkal an it has come in for some severe rl7 per cent pass. criticism. I feel that the idea has i Next was Fifth Classical with . more g 1amour tha t purpose. a 76 per cent pass. His tory was W . h f t th t ·t · I , the bes t subject with an 89 per 1r.do~~d yel t ts dt e at_c a is 1v1 ua s an par 1cu 1ar groups per cent pass ' Latin and Spanish w h o enJOY . the spo11 1g - ht ra th er were next with 78 and 75 1,>er N . . If . the at1on 1tse . cent respecltvely.

to evolve! their, own cuHure.

"The objective of Hi~tor:r. a,nd Culture week ,'1, says D.T. Roberts of .. .form U6.C, . "seems lo be to to awaken ,pride in, ·o'u r his tory ~nd cultur.e. The. ·idea is commendaple, Jor in the paft our colourful h istory has been kept , in abeyance and we certainly ueed to have a culture. It is my ..!?pinion hO\Ve\·<'t'. that the path

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Tn Engli: h language, the per centage pass was 57; in English L ite rature 63.

The percentage pass fpr Elementary Mathematic, was 58. for Additional MathE'maties 67.

Commenting on this, the actmg ,Headmaster said that, conSidering the difficulties experienced by the boys, he was satisIied with the results. And you? .~.;.

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Clearly our countr! is without a cu~t~re and our ~1story n~e~s publicity .. Bu_t I th1_nk that 1l 1s Ior the historians to analyse our history and for the people to 'breed' their own culture. . J. Oswald Smith o! form U6C observed. "I think that History c1nd Culture Week is a farce. It serves M u~eful purpose.. We have no culture of our -own and

J. 0. SMITH School cliildren do not seem to realize th!:! s1gnificance of this week. To mo~t of them it is a lime for holidays, while to many adults it rs a time rev~lery.·

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. D. T. ~OBERTS His tory and Culture Week was 'designed to foster Nationalism. to.wards. th~se goal.s has been But does one week of pseudo.) vrongly hewed. national consciousness · real1y do

By Cat too much- emphas is is this? Do w~ foster Nationa lism·· • by ~inging folk ~ongs and by !is- · placed·· on ' the period during tr ning to creole stories?

Slave1'y a'n d ' immediately after. · The strtigg1e, though colou1·ful No doubt the planners h ad ,· depicts a secl1orial battle against good lntentiornl but we ~Jnnot 1y1·anny: ·Both ' the misery of the s uperimpose a culttft'e· overnigllt..: em'ancrated . slave and indentured There are six race~ in Guyana f'o n tinued on -Piige 3 and these six of themselve h ave

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THE Q . C. LICTOR EDITORLU.

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EditOT P. D. FRASER Feature, Editor J . L . ROBINSON Sports Editor .....

C. A. W ANEN Advertising ManageT .. J. SUE Circulation Manager M. A. R. RAI Supervisor Mr. A. R. MORGAN N.B ..-The views e,:pressed by individuals are not necessarily those of the Editorial B-oard and School as a whole. iF.. -

Sir, For some time I have been a rather ardent obrerver of the attitude Q.C. boys take toward! the school. With the dawn of each day, it seems to be changing, and the change is for none the better.

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While I wa£· yet at primary school, I was always a profound admirer of Q u e e n's College School activities such a~ football matches etc. would bring out EDITORIAL scores of student f upporters, each cheering the school to victory. E ach cry was uttered from further down than the lips, and together the students lived as a From the many letters and articles we h 1ve received huge family, urging each other it is evident that there is much concern about the fall in on to greater goa ls and a chieve;tandards at Q.C. We are aware that this co ncern is not ments, while building up themlimited to the Q.C. boys themselves. But we f< el that those selves Bf a formidable challenge of our number who express suC'h deep concern are really to other opponents in aJJ tildL It soon became my desire to be a reflecting the expressions of outsiders. who for various part of this wonderful college.

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HONEST· CRITICISM

11"easons are bent on making capital of an assumption which is not quite true. We wonder if th88e who earnestly perpetuate this dogma have not mistaken the understandable uncertainty caused by our having three Headmasters in ona year, for a deterioration of our former high standards.

To assume that our standards have fallen because we have failed to produce a Guiana Scholar this year is sheel" nonsense. Certainly this is not the first time in our history that we have not ·produced a Guiana Scholar.

When it comes to standards of behaviour, however, our critics may be .on surer ground. When hyena-like laughs are heard in the cla~,:~room and chimpanzee-like behaviour ts added to it; one may 'well wonder whether Q.C. has become the national zoo. We cannot forget that merely because we are "The Qaeen's College of British Guiana" we are critically watched by John Citizen ftlld make open target !or his biting c~iticism.

It is obvious that the public expects the very best behaviour from Q.C. boys and will not pardon us for mis~ conduct which they might be hlclined to excuse in others.

In this respect criticism could have a salutary effect. We welcome it provided the grounds on which it is based are true but we deprecate those of our erltie.s wh05e only inten.. tion ii to malign.

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groundsmen. Yet everything is ted as the history o! most councast on the , houlders of a soli- tries. It could ea~ily be done in tary master. a year. Is this too long a time t o take, to do our own history?

This master who, becawse he Ask any average student, who puts the scChool before himself, was the Russian Tsar in 1855, or will not protest even though he the German Chancellor in 1870, is forced even to wash the criche will tell you. Ask him who ket gloves himself and to !tore was our Govrnor in 1936, and the gear at his house. We a ll nine to ten he will not know. re alize that in the end the st rain Is this a commendable state of of completely controlling the affairs ? I would indeed like to school's cricket together with a know the rea~on for this glari•J: full . time teaching programme error. will bring him down.

However this problem can be t-asily solved.

The only way of solving it is by giving the Ma~ter ~ome assistance. I sugges t that this assistance be in the form of a "Student Cricket Committee'' of which the Master could L~ s upervisor and I a s k those concerned to do something towa rds the , pedy solution of the problem.

B.A. ARMSTRONG Lower Sixth Classical Hlstor:, Master's Note:

Guyanese History is s tudied in the 4th form ~ and 5ths a part of the West Indian Hsitory course. lt has been done this way because there i~ as yet. no good text book on Guyanese History !or secondary schools. This, year the 4th Classical is working on a An Observer. journal of Guyanee HiEtory comparable to that done by last year's V 4th clasf•ical. This will encourage the boys to undertake Sir, rerearch on the History of this I have long noticed a naw in country- a subject in which iour educational system-A flaw there has been up to now very in the history department. Our little original work done. yc;,ungsterE are being taught the Besides this the History Dehi!ltory of Britain, America, partment is, planning a series of France, Russia and almost every seminars for boys of the upper other country except Britsh Gui- school on important aspects of ana.

Guyanese History later this ace-

But nowadays the spirit of pride and inteTeft seems as if it is being replaced by a wave of indifference and irresponsiblity as far as the school'~, affairs are <'Oncerned. The school is being rn1ed only !or it.; facilities, and contributions to the school are fast becoming more of detrimental than beneficial value. A sharp increase in malconduct, and damaging of property anC, standards, and a similar decrease Th~ Hi.story of British GulaM demic year. in participation and lntqrest ln is not as lengthy and complicaschool activities, and in general a distinct portrayal of lack of school spirit contribute~· to that deduction. Students seem to regard education as just academic learning, but the bas.is of education is to prepare us to be better dtizens of the future. In persisting in the selfifh and parasitic attitude now being displayed by boys, education is robbed of its purpof~.

EDUCATIONAL

It is high time that each boy ask himself individually what contribution he is making to the i,choo l's welfare. It is, high time t hat s tude nts s top being parasites of our college, und make some . . . . . effort to s how gratitude for its ~ The Count:tl of the Umver.uty of the West Indies decided to benefits. It is pas t time that rescind the previous decisio_n record~d in C.M. 27, February 1963, something is done to recreate in respect to fees to be charged for students from non-supportin~ ~~hool spirit an<l pl'ide. und I am territories and npecially from British Guiana, and to substitute hoping that this letter will be the therefore the follow.ing: (changes underlined). first s tep towards this end.

(1) The number of underaraduate students admitted in any year from any country not supporting the University's budget should not exceed one per cent. ot that year'!! entry of undergraduate students. There should be no Dear Sir, restriction of postgraduate students with first degrees Some men are born great, from Universities approved by the University of the West. !.ome achieve greatness, some Indies. have rreatness th.rust upon them.

(2) That the Examination and Tuition fees payable by such "In this Jast cateror:, come the a student, excepting a ,tudent from British Guiana, for prefects. any Degree, Diploma or Certificate course, undergraduate or postgraduate, should be £ 100 a year, except for: These gentlemen look down (a) Engineering, undergraduate £250. from their lofty pedestals of au(b) Agriculture, postaradvate students sponsored by the thority, frowning upon the boys.

Governments of the United Kingdom and the Com1 do not mean to condemn all monwealth Afro-ABian countries who should pay prefects. My profound apologies the same fees as West Indian students. to any prefect who interprets it (c) Medicine, undergraduate £350. thus. But certain of these charac(3) That Examiriation and Tui tio>i feet pauable bi, atudent& ters abuse their privileges as from Britieh Guiana for at1y Degrf'e, Diploma or Certifi- such. cate Course, undugraduate or po,tgraduate, should be four times the fee paid b11 a 1tudent from any count111 I s hould not like to merely cry ,upporting the Unit1erait11'a budget ez cept fOT: ~hame on them. I should like to (a) Engin~,iring, undergraduate £250. see a change of heart.

(I:>) Medi<'iM, undergraduate £350. ( 4) That tor this purpose students trom countries mpporting Your8 truly the University's budget would include: "CRITIC" (a) Nationals ot these countries; (b) student& whose parentll reside in these countries; (c) students who have resided in these countries for two years before applying to the University ; Sir, (d) students who are, and continue to be in full-time As a member of Queens Colemployment in these countries; lege and a cricket enthusiast I (e) nationals ot the United Kingdom, of the United think that the way in which the States of America, and of Canada". cricket gear is handled is shockREGISTRY, UWI ing. The control of the gear is June, 19G). supposed to be in the care of

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Seren New Faces for Academir Staff This year we welcome seven new masters. The first is Mr. G . P . Thompson, the only Englishman among them.

He is here on a system of Voluntary Serviue.

Mr. Thompson is 2:11 and has a BSc. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Manchester University. He has already debated at a meeting of the Literary and Debating Society and is supervisor of the Chess Club.

The only lady among the new- comers is Mrs. G. L . Persaud.. She went to Tunapuna GoYernment School in Trinidad after which she entered (.lueens' University in Be lfast.

She has an Honours degree, second class, first division from that University a nd a Diploma of Education and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Reading University in Berkshire. She is here to teach Georraphy.

House at QC. and left for U .W.I. on a Guiana Scholarship.

There he obtained a B .A. ( Hons. ) in English.

He is now teaching English and says he enjoys the job.

The only other master here from overseas is Mr. L. R. Taylor. He has a B.Sc. and a B.Ed. from the University of Brunswick. Before coming jto Q.C. to teach Chemistry, he taught a t the William McMaster High School in Quebec.

To teach Latin and French we have Mr. C. V. Benjamin, who a ttended Wortmanville Educational Institute.

He has an Honours degree in French from U.W.I. and taught at

McKenzie High School before coming hel'e. He is a keen photographer and lawnJtennis player.

Finally, but ' by no means least, is Mr. L. Brotherson. lhe new economics master. He has a B.Sc. in Economics from London University and taught at Wolwich and Kingsway Colleges in London before coming to Q.C. To these seven we give a hearty welcome So do we to Mr. Colin Moore and Mr. Desmond Broomes who are on secondment at Q.C. to fill the places of Messrs. Insanally and Jackson who are away on a 6week Training Course in Barba dos

Among the Old Boys joining the staff is Mr. R. Isaacs Mr. Isaacs attended Bed!ord Methodist School before entering Q.C. as a member of Raleigh House. He has an Honours degree in French from U .W.I. He was active in games as well as work d uring his school careet·, having received colours fo1· table tentfls of which he was school captain.

It is understandable that he now supervises Table Tenni,s at Q.C.

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f1trvant are stressed, while the period where there W8$ concerted ef:tort to combat the Imperialists has not been ham mered home. We hear too much of the hate-breeding activities o! the British, while We should be told. of the heoric struggle~ of our sons to combat injustices.

We wish we could publish in full David Granger'E< onslaught.

Unfortunately we can't but we i:PI the ful l impact of his feel ings when he says: I n my opinion tht'" Ministry of "Culture·• has 1tclopted a very clumsy approac;h 1.o the solution of th e cultul'al problems that beset our peculiar Guyanese Society.

We cannot produce a culture -overnight. And as it now stands, th,. festival iP just a stage where attempts are ma de to translate English Literatu re into creolese 1.nd pass it off ar, "our very own" or where infertile brains peddle •·progressive" tripe and are dubbed nationalists.

And he concluded: It i! my honest opinion that our annual farce is waste of public fund ~ a nd time and that the aims of our history ·and culture weeks . should be revised.

And now dear 'reader, you are the judge. We of coun<e do not necessarily agree with the views of ou r contributors, but it would appear to ur that the quarrel is with the "content" rather than with the thine itself, What is your opiniotl ?

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When news was reeeived that John Fitzrerald Kennedy bad been assassla.a ted on Novembe r 22, we were shocked.

We 11bould, however, baYe been prepared for such an event as we have bee n clearly shown, in our country, that intolerance has no limits. We can still learn the lesson to be bad from the fact that a man, who 20 years before had been injured fi1htinr for h is country, should have been killed by b is own count r yma.n when doinr the same thin(.

P resident Kennedy will, I think, be remembered more tor the ins piratio-u which be rave than for what be actually did. Had he passed his Civil Rights BUI, perhaps he could have been re,~rded as a CTea t President in the h istory books.

But for those of us who do not like statesmanship to be too tortuous in its e::recutlon, he was an inspiration. There was an aura of youth, of strenrtb, of optimism around his Ad~ ministration.

He was dMCr ibed as havinr a n inner ruthlessness but tbe r ood of the state must always come before personal benefit. T here is no doubt that, because he. alwa7s belteved that, be was killed. There are still some people who wUI not heed the wind of cbanr e.

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T he Ion, Journ ey of wbicb he s poke when accepti:nr nomination for the' Presidency led him to the White House, led us almost to war, and above a ll led us to admire and res pect him.

When we consider tile heinous crime committed on November 22, however, l think that be would ha ve expected not cries of Indignation but the completion of bis work by the Americans. We can learn the obvious lesson and, Inspired by his ~dea ls, \t'Ork for the J OOd of our country. l'bere is not much time to mourn tor to use one of President Kennedy's favourite quotations "The woods a re lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to k eep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to r o sleep ...

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In apposlnr the h a tred in the world we could take no better e xample to follow than John • . Kennedy. He realised that we cannot offord to leave the hatred alone. The times are too erave, the cballenre11 too urr ent, the stakes too hi&'b.

We must kt ep our promises as he did.

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Another Old Boy Is Mr. N.A. Robinson He was in Moulde1

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·SMOKING It is no common secret that School boys indulge in the odd cigarette for one reason or the other. Boys at Queen's College are no exception. Of course every now and then a culprit gets caught as have one or two within recent times. But the practice still prevails. Perhaps you will ask why does one smoke?

habit, and that it dulls people}s wits. They say too that it is the origin of lung cancer. Despite this revelation, smoking has not been on the decline. The tobacco companies have attempted and are still attempting to find ways by which to curb this malignant disease and popularize their pro_ duct.

Smoking originated in the sixteenth century when Sir Walter Raleigh on arriving at Virginia, noticed that the Indian natives indulge in thL'> strange habit.

After practising it for some time, he returned to England where he taught the English how to smoke.

Smoking has been known to be the geneEis of many accidents and disastrous fires. If the driver oi a car on a main highway is a heavy smoker, he would occa!fonally light a dgarette or sometimes !all into a cough, and in a split second he could lose control of the vehicle thus cau~~ mg a collision. There is the possibility t o o t h a t a carele!s smoker might throw his lighted cigarette end into a waste paper bin or on dry grass, or near inflammable ~pirits. Nor can there be any doubt that a fire would follow.

"This soon became a fash ion, and nowadays smoking takes three principal forms, the pipe, cigars and cigarettes. It has become a social habit and all over the world six out of every ten people are smokers. The habit which is popular among adults, has over recent years, become equally popular among adolessents.

There are not lacking arguments for its continued practic~.

Some people claim that hey smoke because they are able to concertrate better. They say it helps to stead y their nerves. Others claim that smolpng relieves hunger.

There a re others, too who smoke as a social habit. No doubt the boy smokers take to it for this reason.

D.octo1-s on he other hand, claim that smokinc is a dangerous

Let us face the tacts in the best interest of all.

Smoking is a harmful practice and the quicker it is !-topped the better. Some 3ddicts confess that it is harmful and even advise beginner; to stop it immediately. But do juveniles take kindly -to advice?

Perhaps not. What is required is a concentrated cam p aign a g a i n s t smoking eq>ecially among school boys. It glamour is attached to the habit, means must be effected to sub!itute more glamourous ones.

Who doubt., that the boy smoker Will then be won over.

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TABLE ,TENNIS The Handicap Tournament came off as scheduled this term.

Sixty-four players entered and points ranged from -8 to + 10. lt is interesting to note hat many entries came from the first formers and indeed, it was one of them who emerged winner of the competition.

Thi!, lad, Gregory Bourne, starting with a 17 point advantage, defeated school captain Carl Warren in the final by 3 games to 2 in a thrilling five setter. Warren won the first game at 19 after being down love-fifteen. But Bourne stormed back to take the next two gam~.

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However, in the deciding game, Bourne struck an early lead and never looked back from there.

A great future lie~ in store for young Bourne should be continue playing the game. His lack of height and his inexperience seem to be no barrier \o his aggres~·ive play and steadiness.

The Lictor Joins in congratulating this youngster who, in his first term at Queen·~. and making his debut in competitive tennis, has won the Handicap Tournament.

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In order to foster interest among members of the lower In the fourth game, luck was school, an inter-form competition has just been started. This comwarren's control that he was able petition, which will be run on a ' to gain twenty-four points before league basis, is expected to last Bourne scored one.

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The school's first eleven has met with ou~tanding success this year. In the Northcote Cup Competition we ended up four points behnid East Bank Estates who won. The success of the team was due to fine all - round performances by our leading batsmen: Horton Dolphin, Harold Ross and Robert Roopnarjne. Time and again, these three, by their consistency, pulled the team out of embarrassing positions.

Dolphin, with four centuries- to his credit, has been the most profilie run getter in Cup Competition this season, being the only batsman to aggregate over one thousand runs. In fact such has been, his com istency that he was selected to play for Demerara as opening batsman in the recently concluded inter-county cricket tourney for the Jones Cup. He gave a good account of himself in the finals against Berbice, scornig 71 runs in a subdued and concentrated innings Reds Murray, our wicket-keeper was also selected and he too performed creditably. He was 43 not out at the close of Demerara 's firts innnigs. The Lictor congratulates these two cricket stalwarts who, by dint of serious practice, have at last succeeded in gaining recognition of their talent.

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Denbow, the opening batsman, was still batting with three runs to his credit.

Except for Aubrey Jo~eph, who finished with three wickets for 140 runs, the ~erbice attack lacked sting and never looked penetrating enough to caus e the batsmen much worry.

Set the Herculean and virtually imposs ible task of scoring 452 runs in four houIT for victory, the Berb1ce batsmen were merely content to play out suctime.

When stumps were drawn, they had panitully succeded in fCOring 126 runs for the loss of ti wickets. The match thus endt!d in a draw, and the cup will be kept by both schools for six months-.

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for the ninth successive time, Queen's was edged out by its fraternal college. Neither team lacked the necessary moral support, as · was evidenced by the yells and shou~ that came from the males trom of excited school boys and girls who packed the ground to capacity.

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A word about the school's team: there is no doubt in the minds of spectators that St. Stanislaus wa~ the superior team.

They outplayed us in every department.

Our forwards were far too slow and lacked the esrential driving force that must follow up any advantage or initiative gained. Far too often did they bungle the passes they received.

It war only some quick-thinking by our backs that saved us from further humilation as goals go.

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HOUSE FOOTBALL

On Wednesday. August 7th, the semi-final of the Dias Cup, symptom of football supremacy among the colleges (Q.C., Saints, and Berbice High), was played oil' between Queen's and Saints.

History repeated itself that sunny afternoon at Bourda, and

Weston House (F) defeated Moulder House (G) in the interhouse football final, played te -house football final, played at the end of last term, by 2 goals to nil.

The match wasdull and uninterestnig, and both sides missed many ~coring chances.

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