The QC Lictor - March, 1965

Features

News New Supervisor ............. Pg 2.

<,J.C. &: Traditions ..... .

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New Masters ....................... Pg 3.

D ,i;cip!me

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Staff News

Profile: Mr. Moore

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Problems Confronting us

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College Taik

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Mr. Manra3 on Eid ........... Pg 6.

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Parents' Day .. ....... .......... Pg 6.

Solomon & Gibbs ........... ..... ... Pg 8 Standard Trials .............. ... Pg 8.

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• After General Assembly had The LICTOR is sad to announc( been dis missed Professor Anna- the d ath or Sohan Lall, whc r,.u., thodo met with the Sixth enter d Queen's College in Sep This was the theme of the talk given to us on Wednes- Formers in the History room, tember 1964. H:! a•tended Centra' day, February 24th, b y one of our brilliant old-boys DR. where he answered questions for i.ngh School from 1959, and HARRY ANNAMANTHODO, Professor of Surgery at the just over half an hour. He wa~ tained a grade I pass in the Senio1 University of the West Indies 1 who was visiting BG at the impressed by the size of the Cambridg Exam ination. He wa!

Sixt h Form as compared with i1 foscribed by his friends a! invitation of the Gc,vernment. in his day, when a class often a most I ndustrious student, and Having expressed a de- said that, whl e presenting the had only six boys. ·'very friendly and considerate.' s ire to visit his alma mater once G.C.E. certificate.; he had Among other things at this On Sunday 13th December, he more to compare it to the Queen's glanced r..t each one and, from m· eting, he stated that it was was on his way to a Hindu c re· Ca lege of his day, he had been the assessment he had made, he virtua' Iy impossible for a Gui- mony wt.en he was fatally hit b)' invited by the Headmas ter to was convinced that our stan- anese student to enter the UWI, a car. Queen's College is sorry tc pres nt G.C.E . "A'' Level certi- dards had not dropped. He re- and since the medical faculty is haV1e lost one of her newer "sons' ficates to last year's successful marked on the large number of one of the hardest to enter, the 'Ind we tak ' t his opportunity tc Minister of Education, Youth, candidates, who haci turned up passes in "modern" subjects, and odds were fantastically against ~xtend our deepest sympathy tc Race Relation and Community specifica1·1y for this Assembly, felt that this was an indication one of us being admitted to his family and relatives in theiJ Development. and to say a few words ~o a Lhat QueP.n's was producing the . study medicine ther!: bereavement. younger generation- of fr"tow - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - - - Collegians. ·

Maintain Tradition

Speaking in a voice that. betrayed the emotion he felt, he stood at the rostrum to address On Friday, January 29th, the the schodl he had not seen since Hon. Mrs Winifred Gaskin arrivhe left it in 1939 after wiining ed here at 11.00 a.m. for a special the Guiana Scholarship.

General Assembly similar to the one she had attended at B.H.S. on the 22nd. She was welcomed by the Headmaster, who introduced her as "The Honourable

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URGES MINISTER OF EDUCATION Minister of Education, Youth, Et Cet· ra."

She then, without much more ado, made a short speech of praise and encouragement, the main text of which was as follows:

STUDENT ASSOCIATION

PROF. ANAMANTHODO He referred to the "teI'rible and trying time'' our country has recently gone through, and urged us not to be affected by racial and political differences, since it is with us that the future of British Guiana will rest, not with older Guianese like the members of the staff (though he noted that a few of the masters were quite young, and was evidentlly surprised to see Mr. Denbow come from behind him to receive his "A" Level certificate).

Professor Annamanthodo then:fore told us that we must equip oun:elves for the important parts we will play in our country's future, and that, in order to prepare ourselves properly, we would have to study hard.

Hl' a lso commented on our tradition of producing leaders and scholars at home and abroad. He

"In t his beatnik age it is fashionable to scoff at tradition, but the tradition that surrounds Queen's College cannot be laughed away.

"You belong to a school that has a g''orious history and a proud reputation. Queen's Coll· ge is acknowle~ed to be one of the finest ~ools in the Caribbean area. You hav .} given to your country two Premiers, a C_9ief Justice - who is also a knigl'i't, a long succession of b r illiant men in the fields of medicine, law, commerc~. teaching, and you have sent out to other countries equally brilliant men .. ike D'r. Anna manthodo, at U.W.I., for instance.

to them, and to keep alive the glorious traditions of Que n's College, you must wor:k hard in the classroom, and must play the game on the field of sport. Your education is not on··i a matter of book learning. It is a lso a matter of learfning to work as a team, practising what only sport can instruct you - how to win an d how to lose in the game of life."

After Mrs. Gaskin's brief t!llk, At Assemli'.y on Wednesday, Student Council representatives the Head of School thanked her ,.,ebruary 10th, the majority of us who wotf.d meet in two weeks for llonouring us with her visit. wondered why the Head of time.

He then observed t hat, since the School and his Deputy were Honourable Minister was so keen Come, Come, Student Council, seated amidst the' masters on the on preserving our traditions, she stage. Hed they decided to join what sort of meeting was this? would no dou bt d sire to continue Mr. Denbow on the staff? No, If the whole .. purpose ... of Stuthe t radition of the first visit to they had merely positioned dent Association meetings is to the school by a new Minister of ~hemselves so as to speedily allow the executive to commuEduc:at icn being marked by a half-day. She agreed, and the turn the General Assembly into nicate direcU~y with the Student the f1.rst meeting of the Student Body, then the students them"These are the p . ople in whose school was dismissed fof a long Association of which, because of selves should .. be allowed to fo otsteps you walk. To live up w . ek end. their executive posts in the Stu- speak to the executive. If these dent Counci~. Messrs. Ying and meetings are onl'.y a means of making announcements, rather Byrne were in charge. than airing and discussing prothe executive ''Meeting'· is not quite the blems, then word to describe the occasion, should merely get the Headsince it took the form of a lec- master to read notices from the ture outlining the basic princi- Student Council at norma~ Genples of both the Student Coun- eral Assemblies. cil and the Student Association.

Admittedly, . it ...wotf.d have We revelled in the news that we had ai~l been made members of b ::en impossible to hold a proWE HAVE ISHMAEL & CO. this Association - of which we per meeting, after General AsRobb & Wellington Sts. ON SALE were now hearing for the first semij'y, since classes would then 61081 for C.O.D. Service time, and we were overjoyed to have been interfered with, but THE discover that our membership what made the executive think automatically entitled us to the that such a time would :have privilege of paying 25c each to been the oest :for a ''meeting"? further the proposed work of To conduct suitable meetings of the Association .. as outlined by the Student Association, they the main speaker, Mr. Byrne. should be .. held when there is time for matters to be properiy There was no opposition to discussed-possibly after school. any of the speaker's announcein the combinations YOU need ments- main!y because we had been forbidden to ask questions But if this lack of direct liaiFOR A YOUTHFUL, LIVELY LIFE or make observations at this son between students and exI "meeting."

All q·ueries, we ecutive continues, then there Come in Today. were told, would ha·1e to be for- will be no point in having a warded through the various Student Association.

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SUPERVISOR'S NOTE,

This "Supervisor's Note" is necessitated by the reaction of several students who sent letters and articles to the EdiEditor ...... ....., G. R. GLASHEEN tor and had them rejected by myself.

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J . R. RICKFORD Most of these letters and articles spoke of a decline in S ports E <ftt or ......

P . F. WALCO'IT A sst. Sports EditoT R. A. F. CAMBRIDGE the standard of Queen's College, they were extremely critical of what was termed "the authority" and "the powers Advertiring Manager S.O.A. GRANGER that be'". They examined individual societies and clubs Asst. A dv. Manager R. N. FARRIER and found the administration wanting. Some reflected the Circulation Manage-r C. A. YING getting on-th~high-horse attitude of some students. An SupervisOT ._ MR. V. RAMRAJ N. B. -The views expressed by individuals are not neces- example comes from the lower school where a 2B-a.te pens "One master was extremely unnerved during his first week, sarily those of the Editorial Board and School as a whole. but I'm happy to say that he has settled in nicely". Some attempted to dictate to the Head-master how Assembly and Thursday, March 11, 1965 Speech Day should be run. Some seemed ben't on opposing the integration Of the abori~nal Queen's students and the EDITORIAL recent admissions from other schools.

EDITORL\L BOARD.

OUR MOTTO It is not surprising that very few know our mott?, s1~nce the only item of school property it appears on, e~cludmg the brass plaque in the basement, is the school Christmas car~; Those who don't exclaim in surprise "We have a motto? clam that it is obsolete. ' 1Fideles Ubique Utiles?", said one sixth former in scorn, "It's outda'ted, man. A typical nine~ teenth century sentiment - religion and morality. What we need in this progressive age is knowledge and action! ''

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a hang-over from the troubles in British Guiana during the last few years when there wa$ a v'~rtual bre~down of the hierarchical system of society I need not reiterate here that m.an is a soci:al animal andi must ~ecognise the hierarchical element of his society if there i~ to be at atmosphere compatible with progress and conducive to academic purs....:~. If criticism has to be directed against elements of the hierarchy this must be done with tact. '

Thursday, March 11, 1965.

Our New Supervisor The LICTOR staff tak _s this opportunity to welcome the servicES of Mr. V. Ramraj, who has taken over from Mr. Morgan the burdensome task of guiding us, and at times r.:stricting us, in our attempts' to produce this newspaper. Mr. Ramraj was one of the masters who joined the teaching staf.f last term. For the benenefit of those who forget what he looks like (a bit hard, that) , his picture appears on the front page of last term's issue.

Mr. Ramraj has had consid.raable journ.rlistic experience, and what is even more important is the fact that his experience covers all facets of the production of college newspapers. At UWI from which he has just graduat•. d Mr. Ramraj was Editor of both the campus weekly "Rising Star" and the ' 'Pelican Annual". The careful observer may already be abl - to distinguish our new supervisor's hand in this issue.

The criticism and protests remind me of Prof. Lewis' gem on West Indian politicians of the last decade: "ProAny school of the standing of Queen's should have a test leaders", he called them; not "Constructive leaders'., motto 'that sums up its ideals and serves as an inspiration have had enough protests at Queen's: what we need We Disarranged and reminder. The more steeped in glory ·the school benow, and need urgently, is some positive action. We must comes, the greater the significance that should be attached taking positive interest in things academic and extra-1 to the motto, which helped prompt the actions that led to re- · start Classroom curricular.

We must cease living on past laurels of past nown. What is irottc here is that, whereas Queen's has the Queen's talents. Create our own. The saying that the Sir, proudest traditions of any school in the country, our motto boys at Queen's are the men of tomorrow who will be holding Everytime our form has a does not appear even on our exercise books. the academ:c and administrative reins of the societv is not ''fr::e" period, we have to leave v This would be understandable if it were indeed outmod- cliche. our form-room and go into the ed in its sentiments, but, though ancient, our motto is not balcony because one of the Positive and constructive interest is sadly lacking in anliqua'ted Its very age makes it an important link with fourth forms has th: ir chemi.£try all walks of school life. I was present at the last meeting the past, and p rovides inspiration for those of us who would lessons there. At the end of the follow in the footsteps Of our distinguished predecessors. I of the Debating Society. The debators were extreme- period, when we return to our ly late or did not turn up at' all. The behaviour olf the form-room, we find the de.sir e: P erhaps the origfi.nal interpretation of the motl<'\ may be ~tudent Council at times makes it imperative that the meet- and chairs disarrang-d. We have mg should be transferred to the playing-field in some cor.J old-fashioned but what is to stop us from letting the motto told our Student Council reserve as a reminder for other and more elaborate ideals? In iller wh~e a s?ap box has been placed; perhaps a suitabl~ presentative and our form-masthis way we would preserve one of our fundamental tradi- 111ame akm to ' Bourda Green" could be found .The invita- ter, but nothing has been done tions ~thout trying t'o tum the clock back. Such an inter- tion 'to gi~e short impromptu speeches at House Assembly to remedy this. pretation may be arrived a't by considering all the meanings m~ets wit~ _poor re~ponse in many instances. The We think that since this Fourth of the three wor ds in all aspects of school and 'civil life. Its Science Societies expe11.ence similar problems. The Lictor, Form repeatedly disarranges the apparent ~mplicit'y should not stop us from placing deep but for the deluge of protests and criti<ism finds it difficult furniture, they should not b ~ to get creative and honestly critical articles. allowed to have their chemismeanings on these three wordstry l!;!SSOns in our room.

I must mention that I read some of these rejected artiLet us t hen attempt to analyse the motto.

Yours etc., FIDEi.ES. Thi9, my Latin Dictionary assures me, me means cles to the Upper Sixth, both Science and Arts and was V. R. (b) "Faithful, Trustworthy, Loyal and Sure." "Faithful" should IJ!leased to hear them dismissed as infantile and "~ waste of Supervisor's Note: Students have r emind us that we cannot drift aimlessly through life, but time". "study" periods, not "free" must have some guiding ideal or purpose in order to make periods . . ~y app~rently "high handed" action in censoring and the be<Jt of our education. ''Trustworthy'' needs no elaboration. "Loyalty'' to House and School, a thing that is sadly reJectmg articles may act as a deterrent to those contributors lacking, is the b asis of School Spirit. Loyalty to our Houses who, other t~~~ for the fact that they used little tact and Appeal for Articles means supporting them actively, even if this implies "chas.... tended. to cnt1cize for criticism sake, had clear and fluent ing flock'' in the Standard Trials. Loyalty to the School expression. . I h~pe rather, that they will see my comment The Editor of the " Teenage means defending it when lit is maligned, and so loving it hen~ as a guide Imes and continue to use the . Lictor'' as the Chronicle" has asked the editor that we will not act in such a manner as will attract con- ".'ehicle _for. the _expr~ion of their literary talents and air- of the "LICTOR" to remind Q.C. mg their dissatisfaction. demnation in the first place. By "Sure'' we are reminded boys that articles of a reasonably that we should form opinions and stick by them (unless, o f · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - - - - high literary standard are urgently required for t~ former course, they are proved wrong). We should not clutter our minds with th e confused and half-formed opinions that are h ~hould w7 place such a thorough interpretation on the publication. Any boy desirous of the root of prejudice. We should possess self-confidence, sc 00 motto, ~t. would become not merely a forgotten art submitting articles for publication of s~hool tradition, but an indication of the pattern 0 / ~ in the "Teenage Chornic'' e" should and the sense of being right that comes from doing right. ha;ourt~ should follow in order to become useful citizens forward thEm to the editor of UTILESThis can translated as ''Profitable," "Suitable," ' 1 Fit ra er burdens to socie'ty. Let us follow the way of that newspaper. (for)" and " Useful" .... Profitable urges us to make the best ?~r motto and prove the crit\cs wrong. use of our time and energy, and to make our stay here at Queen's worthwlille.

"Suitable" - our actions should be 'such a'3 will make us worthy members of the school. ...lt1t (tor)" -we 1i1.ust equip ow:seives now m order to lill GO TO respo~ ibl.e pos.Ltions and. serve our country well in later years. "Useful" this te111n covers nearly all our actions.

We must be able to produce good resUlts, and must be serviceable - able to stand up to hard work- We should occupy our time with worthwhile projects, and should never be idle. We must never indulge in anythlng that is a mere waste of time, and our actions should all be for good reasons Our criticism should not be obstructive but constructive, and we should not merely tell other people what should be done we should offer our sel'Vllces towards helping to make the Alli LAND corrections we demand. Otherwise we should keep our SEA K.N.S.M. mouths shut, since at least we then let others carry on in K.L.M. CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS peace with the work we don't want to touch ourselves.

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Thursday, March 11, 1965.

COLLEGE LICTOR

Q.C. and Tradition

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WITH US ONCE AGAIN Because of lack of printing space, we regret that in last term's L ICTOR we were not able to announce the return of two masters. Mr. Mc Donald was not available for interview, since h e was busy helping to run off the standard trials, but we gleamd the fd'lowing information from Mr. Insanally, who had been away in England for t he past two years.

While in England, Mr. Insanally completed his Honours Spanish course at Cambridge, and simultaneously gained his bar fina''s at Gray's Inn. Questioned on this nmarkable achievement, h e stated that he had

no particular intention CJf pursuing law, but had only seized th e opportunity to s tudy law in England. This accomplishment should cert airfy inspire students of Q.C. particularly as it is b y a person who, asked if h e had noticed any cha n ges in Q.C. since he had gone away, r emarked with a smile: "Queen's never changes".

T w o m ore master s r eturned at the beginning of this terf"\. Like Mr . Mc Donald, Mt ; Jonas was. of course, busy on the fieli, and thus unavailable for an interview. Mr. N .A . Robinson. one of the E nglish teachers, hi.J be · n away for three m onths a t UWI.

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Writings on. the

When the Minister of Educa- wore our ties at (hattmast' we has be-:n regarded as the best intion, Youth, Race Relations and would be uniform - u niform in stitution of learning, at its level, Community Development visited our sloppy appearance. Perhaps, in the West Indies. This is a Q.C. She said that Q.C. had however. we are mourning the tradition which must be upheld many traditions to !Jive up to, not death of t.he dignity of Queen 's at all cost. The decline, perhaps, only in work but in all other College. can b ., attributed to the fact that fields. Every institution has its When I first enter ed ·Q.C. five we do rot have a steady staff of traditions, but all traditions are years ago, there was a great dif- masters. But t he standard of not good. There are bad ones ference between Upper and Low- \·. :;rk depends on the boys as which should be left behind but er school . Then a S econd F ormer much as on th e masters w ho the good ones should b e emulat- spoke to a Fourth Form er with teach them. We are a commued, and any changes which are due respect. L ikewise, w hen a nity and 'a house divided made should be able to accommo- Fifth Former spoke to a Sixth against itself cannot st.and' date the traditions.

Former. S ixth-form status car- therefor:? we must co-operate one When I was in the Lower Schoo ried many privileges w ith it, with th e other. If we have any we looked forwar d to being able like the right. to remain in a grievances we shou1·d express to change from cap to bughouse. form room during br eak and them through the Student QC boys w (re proud of their he!- during the lunch h our-in .tact Cou ncil, or directly to the mets. One was not a true Queer's the right to study in an y empty masters: But how far does thil College boy unless he wore one. :llorin room. But the greatest r e- rm beyond a plea? The Student Sir, Doubtless, now the lower school ward that reaching Sixth Form Council is not given an opporI have b een anxiously awaitboy has som( thing to look for- brought was the long trousers. l1J i Y to do anything. ing my copy of the School's Maward to - d iscarding headgear Boys looked forward to these This is a plea to the boys with gazine 1963-64, but to my utter S ir, It seems as thou gh the boys filtogether. In t hose days a tie priv\:eges. But w hat does the no exception. Let us prove our. disgust I have been told that of Queen's Col1.ege express t heir .vas worn like a tie shO\.fd be Fifth Former of today have to selves worthy of Q.C. there is none. Over th - past few worn-right up to the neck. To- look forward to? He is already SEIGBERT 0 .A . GRANGER years, I have noticed a general vile thoughts on the walls of the lavatories wi1Jh s uggestive day we wear our ties b _tween allowed to wear long pants to - - - - - - - -d- - - - - - - · trend as far as magazine distridiagrams and words. I visited the top and first buttons of the school, and the Sixth Formers bution is concern· d. and I am one a day a nd was confronted shirt. If everybody in the school are chased from the :£orm rooms Sir, hoping that my ideas, though were to do t h is, it could be said at break ~and lunch time, by the Writing a s a new pupil of they may not be adopted, may by a whole wall of such diagrams and words. A f first 1 that this is an unjust attack, but prefects. Furthermore the Sixth Queen's Colleg , I would indeed not fall upon deaf ears. wanted to think it was an an a great number of the stud nts Formers have to study in the like. on behalf of the new boys cient Grecian tablet, but having and the whole staff we-ar their b211.cony with the Fifth Formers. to tei' you how much we enjoyEvery boy has to pay for a ties as tie:, should be worn. If I n actual fact the Sixth Formers ~d last t rm's magazine and do magazine, yet if there arz brot- read what was on it, I was quite anyone chooses to accus"? me of are only Fifth Formers doing A .1ppreciate the hard work and ef- hers in the school, only one ma- shocked. Thinking t hat this was having a colonialist mentality, I level work. fort being put into this term's gazine is given to be shared b - the same in all others, I vis i' ed will ask that person to put away The fact, howt ver, which is publicat:on. In response to the tween them. In the case of the a few to find out . Sure en ough, expressions these colonialist ties a' together really trou]j ing me, is the de- cull for suggestions as to th~ "Lictor" every boy has to pay it was; and the seemed not to vary at all. and wear a black and yel1.ow cline in the general attitude to making of a better Queen's Col- and every boy r eceives one. shirt to school. True, if we all work. Throughout the years QC lege, I am putting forward a few Fortunately, one day t he Head- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - -- - -;uggestions and would be very The magazines have bem given master happened to see these grateful for your com:ideration. out later and later each year, while mak ing an insp ect ion, and I was deeply struck after visit- until this year it has reached the ordered a ll to be er ased. It was, In my schooldays this was never ing a number of classrooms most deplorable state of not ex- but •quite soon everything was assumed. He was, he knew it, other than my own, by the in- isting. Let us therefore make back in p' ace, and the wonderand so did we. How t imes have diff rence ·of students as to a un> an effort to have t he magazines ful work of art and liter atu r e form order and arrangement of at the end of t he Christmas term was there to be seen and adchanged.

Fawley, furniture. Fortun- at the latest. mired.

Best wish s for t he continuance class-room Is'e of Wight, England. of your excellent LICT OR. ately this applies on ly to the This sort of thing is quite 24 February. 1965.

Upper School where simple Yours etc., Finally, let the magazine be a shocking, and g ives a good idea Sir, K. Whitelock. d sks and chairs are in use. The magazine of' the schodl and not of how bad the m or a!l st anding Your readers may be interested location of unused chairs, either of pseudo-poets and liter ary of the students is. Therefor e I to learn that your L ICTOR has ,)l•cause of unsuitability for sit- giants. L et it be something that shall be very grateful if you reachr d England and has been S ir, .mg on or less students in the can be appreciated by all in the can p ublish an a r ticle on this read with m uch interest. All creEvery class-room in the school form, lying down on their sides school. s ubject, so that the s tudents dit is due to you and your staff has a clock, and we think that or ev. n upturned in corners and, may be able to have a second Here's hoping that in future for a very 'well put together'' they are put there for the stu- on the majority of occasions, thought if they should ever paper. dents to know the time during scattered in the most inappro- we will have a more UP-to-date choose to write on the 'lavatory I was most inter~sted in your the day. However, our own cfock priate places, often gives rise to School Magazine. walls again. article on the appointment of has been out of order for about an impression of untidiness. I Yours etc., Yours etc.

Prefects (your November issue) six months, and nobody has done feel that the form-masters Observer.

"Anxious". and I recall that in my school- anything about it. We have asked should lay more stress on the days it was the policy to choose a our Student Council representa- tidiness of their form and enPrefect by his fistic prowess, tive to report the matter to the courage the students to take on since bullying was the accepted Student Council, and he claims to a feeling of responsibility. This thing. Whenever such a Prefect's have done so many times; yet suggestion a •one, I hope, will fighting abilities were in doubt, the clock says twenty-one minu- give a little to the making of a classes were adjourned while the tes past two continuously. It better Qu€en's College.

STRONG for SCHOOL Yours Etc., contestants settled the matter. As seems as if time has stood still as Desmond Cunha. this used to happen two or three far as the clock is concerned, but STURDY for WORK times a week, one can imagine must it stand sti!'l for us?

EDITOR'S NOTE: It is exceedhow easy it was to avoid unfavYours etc., LIGHT for SPORT V. R (B ) . ingly rare indeed that we reourable lessons.

Your article suggests some Pre- EDITOR'S NOTE: You time- c, ive any appreciation whatsoCOMFORTABLE for LEISURE watcher, you! fects assume they are Dictators. <. ver of our hard work.

It is gratifying to !:ee that at least one person does not merely look for FASHIONABLE fo r PLEASURE faults.

Compliments lik~ this make us feel our labour is not in AT UNBELl eVABLE LOW PRICES vain, and stir us on to producing work of a higher quality. Thank you very much. I ncidentaf'y, the LICTOR is a newspaper, not a magazine.

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DARTING We note that someone has provided the staff-room with a dart board upon which mast rs can give vent to the spleen built up during particular y trying lessons.

STUDENT COUNCIL For the bendit of those who do not know, we announce: the appointment of Mr. Yansen a s advirnr to the Student c ,mncil.

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In addition to l:t- rary and nistorical projects, he strove Lo de"elop in his stud el'. ts a liKmr and an abii'ity for public sp2 ak1,g. Historians wi1J, in addition •·e,;nember him for th> analytical approach to History that he pra<:,iced and expected his pupils to t@llow. This was put to good use when he taught, in his fi~al term. the new Social Science course.

He regards as his special protegrs the members of the class containing Walter Rodney Hnd Colin Moore, for it was t11ere tl).at he started, and was must successful with, . his programme of t.~aching boys . to debate analyse current affairs.

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He l'onsidered t hat the most significant thing that had happ ened at Queen's during his stay was the introduction of West Indian History as a GCE subject, first in the Upper Fourths and later in the Fifths. This · was . the first step in th ~ right direction.

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Ba1ance teaching V form midCertain masters ar e now known by types of material: - Puck by dle set: ·'Alyou better had learn On Wednesday, February 24th Grey when the Headmaster read out stocks and shares before you get Khaki, Mettennich by at General Assembly the form shocks and stares in de exam". Tweed, Professor by Buffalo. places for the first half term, Same Balance to said Fifth Do you know that Bup is Pub we were exceedingf.y surprised to find that the results of the form: "Alyou know something? b ack wards.

Having made good in "Hud', Fifth Removes were announced I's a maths teacher, alyou is a ifirst. However this was not, as maths form, but we'en gat Sheridan will now star in " Tall in the Saddle" (of a bicycle). some feared, because the Head nothin in common". had lowered the Sixtft Forms If we should promote by senioto the status of the First.

A mast er and a certain mP.mber rity, Roger A of F ifth Remove It was men{ y another of the in- of L6C, after having many heated would be the Principal. novations which the Head has arguments as to whose car was been putting into eff ct in the last the faster, decided to drag it out Aero shirts are Breezy and so is year in order to streamline the on the sea-walJ. the Library. running of the school. prowess in individual subjects.

A man who is mad is a maniac.

Hence.forth, the allotment of This will probably mean that Q .C. has one who 'oves to zig zag. form places in the Sixths would next November we shall see cease. Instead, prizes at Speech some new faces trotting to the Henc ' he can be ca' led a zigsagiac.

Day woul'd be awarded for stag::-.

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PARENTS' DAY Friday, 26th February was Parents' Day, and from 8.00 a .m. when they were welcomed at our General Assembly, parents toured the school throughout the day. They were given fre e access to all rooms, and occasionally they participated in r! asses by asking the masters questions.

Th"' purpose of Parents' Day is to give parents an opportunity to visit the school and find out just how their son s are educated.

One parent who was interviewed said that she had s pent a most interesting morning and was impressed with the Music Room and the Biology L aboratory. She added that, in the

classrooms, she found th2 relationship between masters and boys "most harmonious".

Another parent said that he was most impressed with the g: neral layout of the school, the efficient adrrunJstration, and the cordial relationship between masters and students. He suggested, however, that aJII clocks in formrooms should be working, and added that, on such days as "visitors day" etc., the names oI forms should be posted outside the form-rooms so that visitors might know where they were going.

L ater in the day, parents attended lunch, tea, and a cocktail party at ~chool.

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Thursday, March 11, 1965.

Mr. Manraj on ''Eid" Qn Wednesday 3rd. February, Mr . Shakoor Manraj, prominent barrister-at-law, attend, d our general assembly to give a short talk on ''the significance of EidUl-Fitr. He was introduced and w, lcomed by the Headmaster, and started off by d efining Eidul-Fitr as "the break of happiness''. He explained that t his was the climax to a period of fasting, called the "Ramadan", which was observed by the Muslims.

He observed that 'roza'-as the fasting itself is cailed - is a tradition handed down from the Prophet Mohammed, who declined eartlfy pleasures to prepare himself for receiving the word of God. During th~ Ramadan, Muslims may not eat or drink between sunrise and sunset. In addition, they must re frain from evil thoug hts or practices, k eeping their minds pure

The Student Council elections were held whereby the size of one's head was the criterion for elr"ction. We know who was elected.

We hear that ' ast year's Magazine s taff are considermg aPproaching K amoa for assistance.

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This being S ports term, Standard Times have been introduced on the late pa rade - but the times are determined exactly opposite to their athletic coun terpart s. Sample:- First Formers 10 seconds, Sixth Formers 3 minutes.

Mr. Manraj, in str essing how important and beneficial fasting can be, wt:nt on to say that he would recommend it for offenders of the law. He then p layed an Indian record which was well received.

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Apparently a certain member of said Magazin"' staff was seen trying to sell his cook s after the Headmaster made the announcement t hat thenc~fortl, P.T. would becom.,. compulsory for all those who play:ed no school sport.

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Special concessions are made for sick people, and others unable to fulfil certain requirements of the "roza", to make up for it wi th ext1a pray€11 or meditation, -the ma in point being for them t o deny themselves their normal pleasur, s. The whole purpose of observing the "roza' ' is to train the mind and body in self-discipline. Muslims celebrate the ft ast of E id-ul-Fitr by attending services to thank God for having b rought them safely through the Ramadan, and alfterwards they go around visiting each other.

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For Your Diary The Dramatic Society, in its attempt to revive drama tic interest in the school plans to hold the Inter-Hous Drama Competition in the last week of this term. Austin wm stage "Goose and Gander', Wooley 'A Pound on Demand', and Cunningham 'The Porknockers'. In addition, the other Houses have given notice that they plan to stage other plays. The be3t three o r , e~e wPl ':jo nam r d by trf md i? s and staged for the publk We hop they will be interesting ing.

The Battle of the Brains bel!ins later this term wren the Chess Tournament gets underway. ·T here have been numerous e ntries and there will be keen competition among the players.

S. Nurse, last year's champion, will be defending his title against a~l ch~llengers for the coveted prizes. The Junior Championship looks as though it too will be strongly contested.

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The school plan!-1 to stage a concert at the end of term, but we have been able to discover very litt\e of the plans. Apparently the show will last for about one and a half hours, and wiJ,\ take the form of a skit and a number of musical ~cenes.

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A k een competition is in store Sir, it all, our 0 . C. viz. Capt Barker for all at our Sports Meet being This body has been with us was appointed Deputy Headheld today at the BGCC, since in from days af yore, and through- master. The latter, however, no division is th- re a clear-eut out this p . riod, has been quite kindly consented to r .. main O.C. champion who can dominate his a ctive. This group of able-bodied despite the new addition to his class. Sad to say, in the Under- boys is undoubt edly foremost as already onerous task. But even 15 and Open divisions two good far as discipline is concerned; for when the crisis seem to pass over, a thletes, Rodney and Thompson most of us know that discipline we stil!, suffer from the unare injured. Better liuck next is the backbone of th ~ military. availability of rifles - the Voltime.

Hence we ought to view with unteer torce still being embodL d.

Starting with the juniors alarm the apparent decline of the But desperate in the desir~ (Under-13), there will be a Qu: en's College Cadet Corps to stave otf the disbanding of our ''ding-dong" tussle between Phil- within recent times. praiseworthy corps, it was delips and Garnett, though PhilOf late, the corps has suffered cided to have paractes under the lips has the edge. ~ ishop and a number of setbacks. Among supervision of t wo Cadet officers.

Brown, however, are contenders thes "? is the absence of the an- Now for some reason this plan to be watched and may prove nual camp at Tacama, due ap- has run into a snag. So, at the dangerous to the other t w o. parently to the ruffl ed circum- time of writing, the corps once In the Und'i'r -15 division, Bos- stances of the period. Along again is not 1Unct1oning. Needton and Bernard may well prove with this comes the no 1- ss severe less to say, this is exactly the better than J ohnson and Ca mp- setba ck of the loss of two of our way to kill interest in the corps, bell, who are the joint f avouri- 1 gazetted officers viz. Messrs. ! for a! though arguments against tes.

Dyal and Clarke. Then · to crown i t ca,1 be raised, membership is Now we entr r the Under-17, · s tiu voluntary. where the competition for the Went has already won the Long lt ought to be fairly clear that divisional champion is very Jump and th e Hop-Step-and- with a strong corps, the way keen. McDavid, a super athi'ete Jump. Arthur is powerful in the Continued on Page 8 ( and the ''beast " of the divi~ion) , 440 yards, and may cause a mild PROBLEMS is backed by most p eople, but stir in the 100 and 220. Fox is Morrison, with two wins already fa voured for the 100, 220 and 44C CONFRONTING US in th-> Hop-Step-and..Jump a nd but, as has been said before, these (From Page 5) t he Long Jump, stands a chance ra c -s are very much open, to destruction which were sown of wresting the title from speculation . In this division, within the last decade will be McDavid. the refore, the rivalry is most In the Open division, there is strong, and the competition here producing their harvests, not for no definite champion in sight, shou~d provide the most specta- the planterc; to reap, but instead for us, the youths.

Many are but he is most likely to be one tor int~rest. of three athletes who stands well All in all, a very good sports quite ignorant of the fact that above the r est. These three are meet is to be expected, and the ultimate existence of GuyF ox, Went and Arthur. Each has many records may well be anese society is threatened, and that it is her youths who would his own pet races, and in fa ct broken . be most affected. Unfortunately for us, these monsters have penetrated the barriers of some of the most learned institutions Attention Table Tennis Players in our country, and thus the complexity of solving the probuse a lem has increased.

If these monsters are nourished, then we - the youths - will in the near future be confronted with the horror of visualizing the ghost of total disunity making its perch on the grave of Guyanese nationality.

The question of who are capAND GIVE YOURSELF A CHAMPION'S CHANCE able of solving the problem immediately arises.

I would NOW IN STOCK :venture to say that the youths are the ones with the best opBARNA TABLE TENNIS BATS portunities of performing this task. But we must not sit back NETS II II and bend our heads in sorrow POSTS with the hope that our f ellow youths will solve it, for th is 3 CROWN T. TENNIS BALLS would be just as atrocious as " joining some youth group whose 2 II II II aims centre around the thought ol revenge.

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WELCOME The "LICTOR" regrets that it was not able to announce the arrival of Mr. M. G. Wishart last term. Owing to the fact that Mr. Wishart was with us in 1961 as a member of the staff, the "LICTOR" inadvertently omitted him in the article welcoming new masters. We hasten to correct this oversight.

This old boy of Queen's graduated last year from the U .W.I. with his B.A. (Hons.) in Spanish with s ubsidiary French. Previous to this, he taught for a short while at 'Indian Trust College' and here. While a student at Queen's h e was secretary of the Historical ~<>eiety and the Dramatic Society. For the latter, he took part in "The Applecart." and ..Macbe th".

He was also editor of the Magazine and Features Editor o! the Lictor. He was a lso a member of both scouts a nd cadets.

Sir, It has been a normal practice for Queen's College, St. Sta nislaus Cd lege and Berbice High School to engage ann ually in k een and friendly competition for the J acob Cup in cricket, and the Dias Cup in football At last 'yea.r's Dias Cup semi-final bet ween Queen 's and Saints, a shameful incident, which had its origins in the discontentment of Cdllege supporters over the standard of refereeing. caused it to be blown off.

Since then , howEver, neiijler has that rr.atch been replayed. nor the Jacob Cup semi-final played This state of affairs might leave the ever-wal r-hfu1 General Pub Lid wLth th~ idea that t hese match~s havP not been played because of the l:>eha.v iour of College supporters when: in actual fact, there may be some other reason for this being so. I n order that cherished traditions be upheld and friend'' y r elations b et ween the two Colleges be r est or Commenting on the present ed , I a sk the authoriti~s con cernday Q.C. as compared with it in ed to spare no pains in seeing that his day, he noted that school the said matches be played off spirit was not a s st rong as before in th~ short· st possible time, and and tha t the re was a general that such a situa tion may not oc;lack of identity. cur in the future.

Yours etc., R. Farrier L6C

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Moore and Cambridge, the cricketers who were mainly responsible for Raleigh defeating Nobbs and taking the Cricket Shield for School year 1964--65.

NORTHCOTE CUP The schoo'i's first XI performed in a merely mediocre manner in this cricket competition.

In the batting, our strength was Df>t as strong as we would have liked but flash.es of brilliance were seen on a few occasions. Mr. London, an opening batsman, was quite consistent in his run-getting: his innings included a few in the region of 30, 48, and a well made 50.

Mr. Denbow was another consistent run-scorer. In his position as opening batsman, his highest score was 72 runs made against St. Stanislaus. Cambridge (Snr.) also had a few good knocks, including a 50 scored against the Transport team.

In bow' ing, Mr. London, the captain, was again outstanding, claiming about 45 wickets for the

season. But worth¥ of even more praise is the young, tall legspinner, Rohoman. His bowling included mesmeric spells resulting in figures like this: 5 wickets for 9 runs against Transport, the present holders of the Cup. Due to his nagging length, brain work, spin, flight, and a we' I-hidden gqogly, Rohoman can safely be said to have been the best bowler in that Northcote Season.

Just as a passing comment, I would like to add that in fielding there were many holes which badly n eeded patching. Anyhow, improvement has been noticed in the school's cricket on the whole, and this Season we can look forward to some succ ss in both the Wight Cup and Northcote Cup Cricket sections.

SOI,OMON AND GIBBS The school's cricketers were ex- it difficult to turn about 85 detremely fortunate in procuring grees on a concrete practice wicthe voluntary services of Messrs. ket. While batting and bowling, Joe Solomon (The B.G. cricket Mr. Solomon gave us some very captain) and Lance Gibbs, two u seful tips. He thr p gave us the West Indian Test Cricket stars, grand privi ege of watching him in coaching the first and second bat for quite a few minutes. It elevens for the few afternoons is vt:ry n · edless for me to say they were available. how en tertaining and enlightenOur cricketers, much to their ing it was to watch the fine art behefit, had to face the bowling of batting, exhibited by a true of Lance Gibbs, who did not find .naster.

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I n order to gain public support , the "Chartists" showed the petition to the more important members of the School at large, and :>btain d almost a hundred ,igr.atures. It had original'y come to the notice of the 'Chartists' ' hat plans were being made to 1ppoint as Captain a new boy 'VI. Khan. The 'Chartists' put forward mary reasons as to th ~ unsuitability of such an appoint'l1ent. They claimed that College traditions could never sanctio 1 the appointment, rather than the election, of a School Captain, and what mad~ it worse was the fact that the proposed Captain was a boy fresh from the Central High School team who had only batted for half a season. They d'aimed that such a rash action would reflect very poorly on the school. since it seemed to indicate that. out of six hundred odd boys, there was no on,e capable of captaining the Cricket Sidn.

In the second meeting held by the signatories of the ''Coup D 'Etat· petition, chaired by Moore, the matter at hand was strongly debated, and the end result was that the former appointment of Khan as Cricket Secr.etary was declared null and void by the cricketers. Another point upon which the ~'Chartists"

Boys Battle ·Ma sters At fiv ~ o'clock on Tuesday, February 2nd, a Mas ters/Boys Football Match took place on the Western Ground. A large crowd was attracted to this event, which was a display of humorous incapability for the most part. So that th~ Masteri:,·would not be undul~ handicapped, Ying - the H<>· of School - and Wills assisted

them in losing the game. Messrs.

Isaacs, Jonas and London played well for the Masters. but the rest seemed to be merely watching the Boys score goals.

For the Boys, Cumberbatch scored four goals, and J ohnson, Persico and Dummett got one each. Mr. Isaacs scored the only goal for the Masters.

Thus the final score was: Boys 7 - Masters 1, as was to have been expected.

... agreed was that Plections shourd be held as soon as possible, and that true Franchise should be extend d to House Captains an¢ Vice-Captains and all those who had at any time played cricket for the school.

Having read a copy of the Petition printed specially for him, Mr. Barton the Cricket Sup: rvisor then summoned an official meeting of the school cricketers.

The "Chartists" were highl'y amused when th· ir little 1:12volution was termed "The Coup D'Etat" by the Headmaster, when he announced the first official m - eting to settle the dispute on January 25th. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Barton, the meeting proceeded as follows.

Mr. Barton declared that his actions had been guid · d by a desire to '' make the cricket team work", and had therefore called 'or volunt ers to coach the juniors. He had been amazed at the poor response to this appeal and had therefore had no option but to appoint Khan as Secretary.

He said that, being a newcomer to Queen's, he had gained his information about Ccflege cricket from Mr. London. He had been told that our crick~ters had little experience and that. consequently, four masters had had to be appointed to the team. This also amazed him. Referring to the coaching system, Mr. Barton declared t hat Messrs. Moore and company were taking too much for granted and that Khan had been made merely coaching Secretary, not s ~cretary of School Crirk~t as had been alleged in the Petitio11. At this point Cambridge claimed that coaches had not be· n asked to volunteer, but had merely been appointed, and painted out that th ~ reason why the appeal for volunteers haa been so poor was because the boys had not been informed, not because they had no int -rest in helping to. improv~ the standard of sch~dl cricket . • • , ,.

Unable to restrain his outraged, feelings, Khan leaped to bis fe- t ar.d said that the Coup D 'Etat was a "vicious campaign to de• u .a~e , and _that it had b~n s~ilfully engineered to force signatures out of those who didn't l{row the real circumstances. He claimed that the speed and sudd r nness with which the meet-

AUSTIN WIN~ STANDARD TRIALS Starting from the 16th, of February, standard trials were run off prior to our Sports Meet. At first the completition was keen, but A~t,n graduaF'y pulled away from the rest and emerged the obvious winners with 124 points, compared with the 91 of their neares t rival s, Pilgrim. The finals results of the Standard Trials were as follows.

First: Austin with 124 standard points 2nd: Pilgrim with 91 standard points 3rd : Durban witl1 85 standard points

ing had been summoned proved that it had been "rigged", and that it had been carefully contrived to catch him unpr ·pared and unable to defend himself. He refused to Efaborate on his statem · nt that the signatures to the Petition had been "forced". Khan unsuccessfully called for an adjourrment of the meeting in order to giv ? him a chance to gather his thoughts.

At this point Mr. Barton declared that the presence of so many persons was making the meetin~ cumbersome and unruly, and added that the matter only concerned the members of the First ElevPn. Here, Byrne, Deputy Head of School, said that since the matter would be discussed at that afternoon's Student Council meeting, it would then b - come a school affair. Mr. Barton nooked on this very badly, and claimed that the boys did not appreciate the hard work of thos~ members of the staff who were dedicating themselves to improving school cricket. Khan agreed with Byrne that the matter should be brought up at the Student Council, but felt that the fact that this would take place that very afternoon was another part of the "plot" since it seemed so sudden to him. (EDITOR'S NOTE: the S.C. meeting did not take place).

Deciding that nothing could be decided at this meeting of the Coup D'Etat, he adjourned it and summoned a meeting that afternoon at which on~y members of the First Eleven could be present.

At this second meeting, Mr. Barton st.a ted that he felt, after having seen us play on a number of occasions, that the time was not yet ripe for elections to be held. However, after having ber n prevailed upon by the "Chartists" he promised that elections would 'be h eld 'afte9:1 the f~th.,ming Northcote Cup Season. In the meantime Mr. Denbow would act as School Captain. Mr. Barton was willing to appoint two secretaries, one in charge of coaching, and one in charge of nets and the running of practices. Elections for these 11tNo posts were held right then and ti.ere , and Khan was re-elected Coaching Secretary, while Cambridge was made Secretary of School Crick et.

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Th ursday, March 11, 1965.

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Since the Dias Cup incident, discipline has had loyal defence from some quarters, but on 'the whole has come in for conde~on I and, at times, scathing attack.. Many e,-pla~apon~, ancl an eq,u11l number of recommendations have been advanced from all aspects - sdentific, economic sociologicaL P?litical,. and .religious. · Now itihe LICTOR- brings you a ,senes of mte.rv1ew~ that provides you with a cross· section of ,the o_Qjnions, F,:-om the mouths of school perso~alHies- come views on that most touchy of subject discipline.

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thought, that the firi\t word on the su.9ject should come from t9e per;;qn ~ost concerned -the Head.master. Mr. Hetram r efle,cted .. th{l.t . discipline at Queen's Co'.leg~ has been low for a long timef anq ~entioned t.hat the administrative body was making all efforts to stamp it out, immediately. He cited exartfp1es' Of the ''tightening up" which has take'n place: no talking in the corridor\; or at assemtfy, ' and stricter' supervision.

"Bot;'' he 1 stt~sed, ''it is my deep opini69i.1 that proper discipline rs' sSfuethirtg which can only corfie from within each person himself. Rule's are usually the result df-e#brieilce and are de, W~

pehavP.d after being corrected for ''murmuring" at Assembly.

He said that this showed that, e.ven though students may sometimes e.sem ill-disciplined, they are rea]j!y quite willing to conform to rules, but put up a "front" of opposition.

A ~ember of the F,ifth form, when interviewed on the sub· ject, immediately declared: "Behaviour of students is atrocious!

Indeed, more recently, their conduct in public has becowe embarrassingly in\olerable." He claimed that this ill conduct was mainly found among certain groups in the Upper-School, and said that the impact of such behaviour on the younger students might paint a bleak fu.t ure for the school, unless the boys them»d'ves decide to reform. HP. added that prefects could hardly assist any iurther, as certain individual,; are definitely antagonistic to administration and discipline.

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interviewer that, whenever he was even five minutes late for his second form maths set, he would find the boys writing problems on the board and quiet y doing the work they expected Mr. Thompson would have set.

Unbelieving, the interviewer re,quested Mr. Thompson to be a few minutes late for his p eriod the next day. Accordingly he waited in the staff-ropm f~r a little while the (o!'Jowing day while the interviewer made his way to room II. On his way, he met the form monitor going to the Sta~-room to remind the master that he was supposed to teach that period, and he found the boys in the form-room busily doing some work. Looking in another room, to discover whether such behaviour was typical of aE the second forms he found the Student Council re~ presentative maintaining order.

There is some hope yet!

Although he claimed that he had not been here long enough to be able to say definit€fy what t~e .cause ot the alleged bad disnph r e was Mr. Thompson noted that the situation outside the school tended to influence and to b reflected in that of the school. He felt that the prefects were genuinely interested in k eping order and were doing their best, while the seniors, by demolishing their senior standMr. Thompson, when interards and Pride, could not comviewed on the subject, said: that plain about being treated lik1 there was more than the normal ''fir;;t formers". : ack of perfection that was to be expected in any school He He agreed that much of the noted the universal casual attistudents' attitude to authority t,ude to school rules, and iodep end d on the manner in wal·ds pract1Sing the essentials which individua•' masters treated of ordinary good manners, for their pupils, adding that no metJ example; failing to greet mashod would preserve dicipline as signed for the benofit and li.ap- ters outside of school. effici;ntly a~ the Proverbial iron piness' of -the community. PeoHe said that he ,had noticp,;l ::i hand in the velvet glove. p '.e who l'efUSe to conform to slight difference since his arrithese set rules become a nuisWhen asked what happened val at QC, but that the casual ance ilnd a hindrance to tha approach had been there at the When the school attempt· d to community, and need correction. start. He wondered whether it impl)se good, standards of disciPThis correction mat take many might not be po.;sible that the line but boys' parrnts and forms, but1 1 ''want students of al'leged drop in discipline every- ·fri'e~d s ~:iught them to b:i:eak Queen's College to xealize that, down. sochl barriers or. behaviultimately, it can only come one .had been talking about was not a sudden occurrence. but our, he stat d that. the habits of :frdni within .. them with the good manners, punctuality, neatCOllJmul'lity in mind.' This is tbe rather the end result ot a series of changes over a long period of ness, and al~ the other long-adidea.' I am seeking:" He went time. He was unable to com- vocated virtues, once learned on to say that the n ewly-fprm)uent precisely on school discip- lasted a long while. ·Thus h e felt ed Student Association could h el~ in improving the standard line since he had put his foot that, despite external influences, of discipline, a nd expressed the dow~ about th conduct of his i would be worthwhile to carry hope that the Council would as- pup• s, and their behaviour in out a programme of reform. evertheless, the support of sutne a greater respon sibility in his classes might not be typical that direction. of Their behaviour at other parents was a necessity, so that crrrection could be appl'ied at all time;:. !tvPlc; , and Mr. Thompson thereHe commented on ,the dis- fpre felt that the Parent. r . Isaacs fd~t that discipline C ls lower than it sh.ould be1 graceful behaviour of certain Teacher 's association could be a that 1t has deteriorated forms, such as the thirds and the very unportant. s ce the days '?Er1) pe, phn$elf fifths, and observed that this Questioned on the role of the w a student of Q. C. "This" might ha.ve a bad effect on the Student Council, Mr. Thompson he 1com.mented, "may be attri- impressionable first formers, ew into a rag b <?fore criticisb ed partly to-the.. turmoil an~ who incidentally have their tht1 disorde s\which we nave fi<>rro-rooms situated next to the ing this body. His main grudge wilhessed in our QOu o.tiy_recent.. terr'io e thirds.

He also was against the cloak of secrecy ly ' He is o the opiiiron' that 'not d that many of the older under which it seemed to operate. st ter d1scip · ary measures boys set bad examples-their ~ e had n· ard of the Student sh 'd be .in$osed and that slow walking on ..late parade" Council, but little else, and he there was something st ents shoufd recover the only increasing friction between felt that wrong in the lack of laison beect normally given to m~- the boys and the administration. and to prefects some yeat~ '!he ..fact f.hat the bad deeds of twe-:n the Council and the staff "The whole idea of re- the Q'der boys are imitated by and boys. " he sri9, ''has broken the small boys was shown when C. Cambridge, of Fifth Genen, and I am looking par- the first formers started "m-m. ral, stat· d that, as compared with ti lan!y through the Studept m-m-)ng'' in imitation of the the size of the school. the standC ncil, to see some improve- Upper- S'chool, causing the whole ard of discipline was relatively ment in the future JI school to be kept in instead of l)igh. He d'auned that fifth form I . just the original troublemakers. students, and others, as a whole Cunha, a 'ne bo , f&rmerAt this point it is best to men- were not as irresponsible as they ly of St. Stanislaus, said that the tion that Mr. Thompson felt that ane made out to be, and mainstJ dard Of discipline of the there was no set standard of dis- tained that the standard of disb s them~elves is fairly good, cipline be found throughout cipline could be even higher if that 1t could fie priprov:-d. the school. In £act, he claimed, pr~fects and other administrab H cited, as an example, the some forms had exemplary be- lors did not abuse their authority ord~way in which. students haviour. He told the astonished in trivial matters.

C. A. fing, Head-boy, first President of the Student Council, and an extremely popular student, :said th,at the approach to discipline at Q. C. is vecy .immature, because students teel that autho,rity, and regard it as a battle betweet:1 the masters and the boys. He fe.t that the probk ms ot. insubordination, d isrespect, and general ill-discipline could be wiped out 1f each student assumed a perso~al respons~bility fpr d~ c1plining huni?elf. The standard has dropped tl ;~:engr!~t:din~;a;{1 as a result of the l:Ountry's disorders, pointing out that a stu· dent's behaviour mirrors the envi~-<jlnment in which h e lives He ~so sald that the new idea of unconventional! ity may b e partly responsibl.~. for the low standard, but it is hoped that stuaeuts of Q.C. will stand above this worthless noHon.

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Last term we lost the services of one of our most popular and ded,icated masters - MT. Moore-the sepior Histo,1;y Master and the Housemaster of Durban Hou~e - who went to take up an Assistant Professorship at the University of Guyana. Although he modestly denies that he has achieved anything , here at Queen's, his career has been, one of bril' iant accomplishment.

Robert Jam· s Moore was born in Georgetown on November 22, 1931. H e attended Main Street Sacred H~art School and, later, Central High, where he spent two years in the sixth form cln unusual thing for a Central ooy to do at that time. He was .tlso C ntral's Head boy during ooth. his Sixth Form years, and :tou~ded its . still flourishing D~batu:ig Society. ~e w~n a Umv~rsity Open Sebo arship - the highest award for entry into the then UCWI.

been te, lege eve1 Whilst British C adult edu course in ter has p1 because Moore ha al:Jle rad various c: history, : as a ski!" has chair bates sue Forum ar viewed Council c discussior ''VieWPOi:

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Mr. Ying suggested that pre-' At the UCWI he gained the fects and masters cvuld hel.p B. A. general with a "First" and further by taking mor-:: ti.,ne to 1 w~s awa.rded the Luckhoo _Memexamine the pr,oblexns of ill- I onal Pr12e (for the Gu1anese discipl ine ana makin~ sure that , student. o~taining the highest proper justice is giv::::i. instead 1marks m hIS finals). He. ":'8:5 al~o of se king the simple solution of ' accorded the B . G. Exh1b~t1on m punishment which serves to in- order to study for a Dip. Ed., flame tather than to correct the which h e acquired in 1955. wrong-doer. Then, taking a deep / As was to be exp eded, Mr. br ath, he commtnled on the :M.oore took a full part in extraStudent Council. curricular activities at the Uni.. versity College. He was Presi·'This is such a good idea; the dent of the Christian Movement, whole point is to give boys a and Secretary of the Debating fuller share in the administration, Society for two consecutive years and it was hdPed that in this (he thought the Presidency of way a more conciliatory attitude this Society too burdensome to discipline and matt · rs concern. and unrewarding a job to accept) ing th~ ~chool would be adopted. He took part in a number of Unfortuna~ely, however, npt Shavian plays in which he u sueveryone has adopted the idea of ally pl!ayed a comic charact:!r. a Student Association - perhaps But of all his activities, debating because not everyone has bother- was his favourite. H e recalls ed to investigate the oppartuni- having debated against various ties offered th· m. The formation civilian groups including on one of a Student Association is really occasion a team of judges (''Needan advanced step in aclminis- less to say we lost."). He was tration, but if the students are also Treasurer of t h e Student not y Et ready for this stage, t he External Relations Council wh n only solution will be to abandon it arranged its first tour of the it. My last appeal is for the stu- USA - which Mr. Moore was dents to co-operate with the unalfe to go on since he wa!f booked to servP as General S ecStudents' Association". retary for the Extra-Mura'!. SumDespite the fact that these mer School as soon as he had views have ranged over many finished his Dip. Ed. year. different points - some of which even the casual reader can see While on the Extra-Mural repeated $everal times in these D£pt. st~ff' (an experience he few opinions - one thing is c£I'- con sidered well worth the time tain:our discipline, whether ! spent) Mr. Moore taught History the Broa relative to that of the country or and Political Theory. Under the the Natic not, is bad. We should not seek auspicE's of the Department h e Council. to hide under the excuse of t he held GCE classes in English and recent disturbances in our coun- Scripture. At the same time he Asked try. Rather, we must bring out in attended S'" minars on West In- tory, he the open the fact that our stand- dian History and Literature. quite ea· ard is, as Mr. Thompson said, After this, no fonger sure of his it was r. "not what it shou'1d be". What intention to become a priest, he tual met are we going 1:o do about it? 1 decided to return to B. G. and saved fa The L~CTO~ suggests that we t eacp .here until ,qis mind was oldeT hE st~i, d1scussmg what w_e are made up. This was in s ~ptember eluding 1 going .to do, and do som ething 1955, and, except for the period done his anythH•.g ~ NOv._'. Perhaps the 1960-1962, wbeo, he went to Cam- with bin best t~mg 1s to give the Student bridge to tak 2 the second p a rt he went Council all the i;upport and co of the H istorical Tripos, he has mediate! operation we can. Let us prove that we are worthy of such an advanced stage of school admini- 'Ir=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stration.

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One last point: Queen's despite what it m ay look like, has high standards to maintain. We cannot 1:)e caught up in the worthlessness that our country is fraught with. We must show ours~Ives worthy of the name of Queen's, by rising as a shining example above this lawlessness, rebellion and confusion.

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1·s Col- American and Caribbean History and the inteTest in t hese two branches eventually spill d ove:: won a into am other forms of History. o study a BBC Throughout his stay at Queen's his lat- he was the Supervisor of the 1while" Lit rary and Debating Society, -n Mr. which he says is bis favourite, numerbut he notices that, whereas be-in his fore he left for Cambridge this dent of Society was flourishing, he has ~s. and since noticed t~at interest in de;!r . He bat"ilg has wam:d. dio dedefunct While he was with us, Mr. has reBritish Moore attempted to bring th n their subjects he taught out of the ttly did dusty realm of th .. text books. s taken To arouse interest in everything from Scripture to History, he tan of rncouraged form projects that stirred his pupils' imaginations.

The Editor can still vividly remember a Second Form knighting ceremony.

In addition to l:.t rary and nistorical projects, he strove to de"'elop in his studerts a li.Jtmr t1.nd an abil'ity for public sp:.>ak.mg. Historians will, in addition f~member him for th ~ analytical c1.pproach to History that he prac•iced and expected his pupils to 1ollow. This was put to good use when he taught, in his final term the new Social Science courst:.

He regards as h is special J.11·0tegt>s t he m embers of th e class containing Walter Rodney •od Oolin Moore, for i t was tm:re that be started, and was must successful with, . his programme of t~aching boys to debate aud analyse current affairs.

Mr. Moore when asked to comment on the s<;:hool, remarked on the larg number of extra-curricular activities that boys had to ('hoose from. He felt that there were, howev · r. f-ar too many poys who did not take advantage of them, who thought that getting a certificate was the only thing that ma tt-red. Nevertheless, he felt that the programme of producing wef-rounded character had been succ·ssful over the years.

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He considered that the most significant thing that had happened at Queen's during his stay was the introduction of West Indian History as a GCE subject, first in the Upper Fourths and later in the Fifths. This was itt::e of the first step in th'! right direcCulture tion. of Hisveloped ,ut that ,he facIt was or two try, infho had chatted n when tme im'f Latin

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H e likes reading a great deal and is very fond of the th· atre, though he never gets any time to t a k 2 part in plays and has to be cont nt with merely watching th m . He is, of course, interested in broadcasting 'and public speaking in general, and he 1ik s to give lectures. He is very fond of arguing, but above ;} 1 he loves to play around with id :.> as exchanging them and discus~ir g them with people who hold opposite vi ws. He enjoys trying out new ideas that are not always orthodox, but slightly crackpot, ?nd seeing how people react to them. In ordPr to keep himself in trim for all the other things lte h as to do, he bas ra,tely taken µp swimming.

"I am really sorry to be l aving Q. C.'' he said. The LICTOR takes this opportunity to assure him that the feeling is reciprocal and wisnes him continued success m his new post.

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PROBLEMS CONlfRO~ ING

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Environment * In British Guiana to~y, there is, sad to say, an atmosphere of fervent re volution without an ultimate .goal·. Two pantheons, significantly old Q.C. boys, have ~en m the Guianese S()ciety, and unfortunately the ongmal revolutionary spirit for nationalism has been clouded into the background by racialism. The two major ethnic groups "iave more or less acquiesced to this new situation by their action in 1964.

The flaws of Guianese concepts can aiso partly be attribu· ted to the cinema, whose effects have apparently ):)ierced the va tis or QC. Though lying in embryo, t hP.se concepts, if allowed to deVFf op in the fertile bed of Guyana - QC, could be detrimental to Guianese culture and habits, which should be maintained and accentuated.

Already evident are the alarming number of Hci'.lywood-styled gangsters, "coutures", and their "magnificent'' robbers.

While the latter misdeed cannot be associated with QO boys, their behaviour in some aspects is likened to that of the "coutures", and the James Bond way Of li.l:e seems to be estr1mging Guianese from their normal The poor economical habits. state of the country, and Gui. anese .'ife as a whole, will continu to decline if no attempt is made to curb this situation.

Thus, for the students, the cinema should be examined critically for no QC boy likes to be stigmatised as a .sheep in society.

succeeded in awakening school spirit - the need for QC to be a united whole, to rule the roost once more in the J acob and Dias cup3. and to revive the prestige QC had during the "colonial" days.

Howev r, what is noticeable is that most QC boys behave like the typical plebian Guianese in assigning all the follies 6f the scltoQ . to its leadership, i.e. to the school . authorities. No attempt is being made on the part of the student to ahalyse his conduct and place it in the perspective of QC's pitfalls. Failing to adopt this attitude wi1.l tend to annul the very objectives a loyal student desires, as guidance by authority is a prerequisite for establishing QC once more on a tevel beyond the scrui:i'es of the public and our rivals. While for t,ie Socratic ''Why's" to be asked is a step in the right direction as far as free thinking is concerned, it must be remembered that the time has come to assess ourselves impartially, not only for the good A 'period of transition is being of QC but for the betterment of experienced in Guyana, and, an independent Guyana. emerging from this period, new drfficulties, as wall as existing At present however, those in ones, will have to be faced by authority are not excluded our generation. The sowing of from feeling the · impact of the the seed is now taking place; its Guianese tension.

'Ibey are !fruits will inevital:f.y be seen in mainly emulating our leaders, the next two ~ecades. For those who have forgotten how to comseeds to be properly nourished the weeds of invectives should promise. 1"Iaybe it is a revival of the colonia~ ..strategy which be killed and the fertl~izers of peace and harmony should be considers tih,at autho»ity's deutilised. Let us strive assidu- cisions are absolute: or can ~t b~ that an Isaric regime is in the ously to achi . ve these ends by process of being formed? It is using QC not on)'.y as th e bteea-• true that in the past prjvileges ng grour d for peace, but ~lso as abused, but apthe model -for the existing hypo- have been parently this has given license critical and appalling Guianese way of facing the stark realitieio. for another extreme to be a dop ted 81).d the term "compromise" tota' ly forgottrn. It may ,be It is heartening to see an Inclaimed that th,e inauguration of dian and Negro engaged in am., the Student's Council was a ity on the street, attempting compromise, but apart from this farcially to analyse the present body failing to gain any tangiturmoil by ailfixing the h'ame ble concessions for the students, on the political leaders, but alas the composition Of this body is at the slightest provocation a such that it can be converted to few moments after, these very suit the opinions of a privileged blood-brothers are entang.'ed ~w. However, Pike the inceptcommunal clashes. ion of all strong organisations, it is subjected t.o vehement outWith the It is evident at QC today that bursts of criticism. this alarming situation has at- introduction of a new constitutracted the attention of the stu. t ion it. is hoped that this body dents, fortunately with no anta- will be the dynamic force that is gonism, but instead with ~ to act as the medium of comproburning desire to bridge the ex- mise which is sadly wanting on · isting cleavage. Such spirit · both sides. commendabl~e, and it has als!)

R. T. GOBIN.

In last century the struggle for $ss,.SUPf~cr.1fad domina;ed the 'f?Pg~p of worhd histo1y. Today this struggle appears to have been ~>Vershadowed by tne rac·al aid rQ"igious rancour of mankind, and these contest-ations are incr1a'sin~ , the -~n.numerab~e an;i?,unt ~f. challlff whlch bmd tne sojourners o the Earth. The racM octopus has its tentacles in China, wheie Mao recently claimed that "The Russians have coll1.abo'rated with theit own race in signing t.he Test Ban Tota.ty: aga/inm we the yallow 'people, at the expense of communist comradeship", as well as in advancad America, where Martin Luther King vies for equality ,or his r ::ice.

Th n we notice that in Viet Nam, Pakistan, India, and even "Lenshenian" Rhodesia, the d.Q_ctrine which exploits the irrational nopes of mar kind is bing the globe of i beauty.

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, I .T_Q. 1 • 1"! IIJJ' fl I ~ycc'utjo!]-,d, ior,_,_ q~1i nb; ~~vifficeni~nµ;'' 11 a.i:ei RR'« qfCUJ>Y~,tte ,hf9filiJ:lf:iS o{ 11~o;:W. 1~1?-fj\Vit> V/e we, noti~n+ru?n;j. Ofotn~. Y~fr te~qGOuntf~'*. iP JJ-Nin1 1.}Jp-e~lfa 1 ff-. ~ Pfp!Ju1m,~ 1o1Hi,t9w& , ~Bf, bJli\,,,, ,y.,i; ap; a~o J . contrjbi.ttjwg 1~eaqly1 t9 .,,Jqis n~w Jt,end I Jois!~· )'.J ?:h.!ire <rt:i:t~i~l,y ifJ 'ff' ~~e4,. for.,1~ 1 ,o delve inlq ffie ~ate,nt,,ricia~ rnt~pathy that is existing , in the "mucllands'',1 f6r ttM e-P~od~s s-.1rrdundlng Wisfuail and the West Coast are still fresh ln oul· 1 tnemdrles. ' ·':Erut1 a~ 'tb1f' tHe reh· gious E:>xplcl~Bti i'n I ollt 'c'olih'Wy. ~her~ p1ay ,be Jpmq ol?~<'urit_x. ';['he ~eligious hilt.red 1,i~ now 1 ril\ing its pe.rjlqu11J.he~d.1 0-> not let u 8 forget the religio1,1s voice which defied Huck's secret bal..lot b}(- telJm{J-Ule-ft&iwn- tiurl "Allah will be watching you wp.en yohl ' ark the ballot p.l.per". What is re:3lly hapi;ienihg iS iha't the e'ttect f of l°api1 relig'Ibus ~qualifi' is ' tieing felt.

The ri-f 1~dt>m 1 ndw '". o~erccl 1t ~ Hindus and Moslemio' ls ihfJatt!ning the bia 'c briJHan 'fonnl:i~tions ,vhicH are centred mmnl} in Geo'rgJt6\vn, \VB~r~ a' lar,e amount " of rtort-Ctth!,tiiin$1 are dwellini Tl'l.i~: d>Upleci v. ith ihe nouon · that w~ cfo' not fully 1.,r) / JIC/ I • comJ?rehcncl the dodrmes 1of 1ou.r \a JP') ' I brothers1 1~ r 1sui~lng litPi so1n't degree of animosity. Moreover, th~ pppc,rt.uajtya ofi appiev~g a few ~sp~ts of f.i;E1.4td.om ~1 f.e.}ii:7 gious persu~io~..,ctfl M an iJ;l.,. centive to Qbtain •complete ;re.• ligious equality- - ,11 equality ,:fu the sense that, just a 5 Bow th-e attitude of a Christian towards atten mg sc OP-El · ew . u~ on ChrlsHnak W5ffiing ~vJj1 provided fo~o ~ cffit®rt~Mt Jv'f.u lim's . a}!~tud.e towi3!ds attert!li f ~ch ool oH ' j.jfc! h'il'tn'Mfi.1iJ81'o1.

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My darling is m ine , And I am h ers.

As to work on a morn e yriv -The arm that surround me is Engulfed in thought I hardly. te That the red light to us e>intp • In comes the policeman.

But alas! as he draw~, n~ar, A picture of true l bv~ confronts him: Love wlLch not ev~ hi§ ,pJe;;rnce troubles.

Slowly, still awe-3'trucR:, h~ movEJ., away; Then with a stammering tongue he says: 'YOU are freed; proceed! tj One tnight 'think we mig t be ~~~Af?TU0 But to be frank we were further engulled.

F0r if, it was love th,at ,savedi ~ MIT f v1A03J3 Shouldn't we in it in dulge? ' · But tha~~ to,God, m.~ ~fl~1&f-ff~8~lf~·I-HIW Whenever ,;n love engulfed..

In the evening, as we sit pp the pracl\, .h And the only sound is tl'le tolling ~fltfie \va~es-;'...

As the stars thrust dowr, ~hei 'ij2~~ ~1 us, 1 0 And the moo'n from a corner pusli~s-01.11 his h ead; 1 Reader, Oh Reader, can't you imarne. the divine lo l:} we share?

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As she ~c>~s "her head 'la~~~ As I bend my head, to my delight I see A pij!tulfe of tru~1 ditjp:~ in)pi:ruig,-&~l.lt:Y, Q No force can withhold my lips frdm her's.

Then a l as! as our li~.reach and our hearts beat, As our eyes lin adoration close!

We are transwrted ·1j)-to a,q iy.d..lPf our own.

Reader, Oh Reader, can1 yon\. or won't you imagine?

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