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Once again Queen's College has mopped up both Guyana. scholarships open t o us. The scholars being E.A. Low and P.D. Fraser. We are a lso happy to r epor t tha t th e other two went to B ishops' High School, our sister college. As is customary, we bring a repor t on this year's sch >lars.

and followed thi.s up by obtaining five more the next year.

Through his performance, he was granted an ex tension of his scholarship. In 1965, he passed his Advanced Level Pure-andapplied Maths with a distinction. To crown his a cademic career at Queen's, he gained distinctions in Pure Matts, Applied Maths and Physics to emer ge a Guyana Scholar. In 1965. he was appointed a school prefect a nd Head of Percival.

House. He was an enthusiast of c"·k ket aPd chess

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Peter Donald Fraser was indeed, a very colourful figure.

He entered Queen's as a member of t he Prep. for m. I n 1962 he gained six "0" level passes a t the 0 :,,.'~ord and Cambridge examinations and followed this wi1h two more the next year .

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he t o o k and three Advanced Level but r emained as he had anoH:er chance at the Guyana scholarship. This year he obtained distinction s in Latin and Spanish and a grade B in English. What is remar kable, however , is tha t he changed from history to Spanish in 1965 and gained a distinction in it.

Fraser was as active in b s extra-cur r icular activities a s he was academically. He served as editor for the Lictor and t he magazine. He was president of t he Literary and Debating Society and t he Historical Society a nd an E xecutive member of the Student Council. On the f ield, he represented his house and t he sch ool r egular ly in hockey.

In .1965, F raser was awarded tl:e Luckhoo Debating prize for his outstanding services as a debater for th e school. He was appointed a prefect in 1964 and was elevated to a senior prefect and Head df Woolley House in 1965.

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airdley Al exandc:ir Low entered Queen':; College in 1959 as a Government County St:l·olar. I n 1963 he gained four " O" level passes at t he Oxford a nd Cambridge examination.

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Friday, December 9, 1986

SPEECH DAY

Other Scholarship

This year our Speech Day will be h<!ld on Friday, 9th December.

1966, under tl:e chairmanship uf Mr. J . L. W ills, a r etired J udge of the Supreme Court, Chairman of the Board >f Governors and President of ,he Old Boys' Association The guest sp eaker will l e the Pr ime Minister, t he Honourable Linjen Forbes Sampson Burnham, him!-elf an old boy of ~ueen ·s. Th is _Year the pri.zes , ill be di:;tr ibuted by the Hon•ura ble Minister of Ed ucation , Mrs. Winifred Ga sk in. Among tl:e pr ize-winners will be Benjamin, C.O ., Gu mbs, Hop kinson , l'. a nd Roach, all of whom obaincd dis:inctions in Pure-andApplied at the last Ad vanced ...evel examinations. Other notable pri ze-winners includes Ricld ord, J .R , winner of Luckhoo Debating Prize.

I n addit ion to the two Guyana Scholarships Queen's has had a large slice of t he ot her scholarships awarded this year to Guyanese students. A mon'g them ar e the winners of the Gover nment Conditional scholar sh ips Messrs. Morrison, D.A. Wills, K.A. Smith , T.H., Wong, C.H:, Rupnarine, R., Thompson, B.H., and Applewaite, L.M.

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Demba has gr anted scholarships to three of our students, Low E.A., this year's Guyana Scholar, Latchmansingh, S. and Chang, H.L. Sa nkat, V.S. is tl:e winner of a Federal German Republic Medical Sch oliarship while Griffit h, J . has been awarded a scholarship by Bank Breweries.

THE result of this year's Advanced Level Examinations showed t hat t he Advance Level students maintained the record which was made last year by r etaining the eighteen distinctions. In 1964, the results showed that- there were only seven distinctions and the,'.e was only one G~yana Schola r due to results. In 1965 when the record was set, the school was honoured by having both Guyana Scholars C. Ring and J . Robinson and in this year when the record was maint ained, both Guyana Scholars were Q.C. boys. Ninetyfive boys sat the Advanced LeYel Examination taking a total of 237 subjects. Ther e were 57% passes, the number of subjects passed being 135.

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Cup to pass the 1,000 runs mark when he scored 23 in the fir st innings against East Indian Crick et Club.

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Friday, December 9; 1986

Letter.ft to the Editor May. 1966

The v iews expres~cd by individuals are not necessarily those of the Edit•Jrial Board and School as a whole.

EDITORIAL Editor Features .Eiiitors Sports Editor Asst. S'J)OTts Editor Advt. Manager A sst., Advt., Managers Circulation Manager Photographer Super.visor

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Gob in, W. W. Rickford, J . R. Chan, A . W. Drepaul, M. M.

EDITORIAL

Are our Students Slacking?

Queen's College, without the shadow of a doubt, has the best equipped staff of any secondary school in Guyana and one of the best in the Caribbean, yet the results of the Advanced and Ordinary level examinations leave much to be desired. True, we received the highest total of ordnary level passes in comparison with other schools and a record-equalling 18 distinctions, but these results only flatter to dieceivc. In actual fact the number of students who could not attain 50% passes of the subjects taken is deplorable and distressing especially when one notes the utter failure of the science department at the Advanced level. For instance of thirty two candidates for chemistry, eight were successful. This means that something must b.e ·wrong either w~th the tutorial staff or the students themselv.es.

It could be true that some of the blame should be shouldered by the masters, but our students being the cream of the country academically, should have been able to adapt themselves, thus increasing the number of total passes. Failure to do this shows clearly that our students are not in fact making full use of the luxuries we have at Queen's The only alternative is that students not doing as well as is expected of them should be relieved of their places at Queen's to make way for other students with promise or to give those at Queen's more breathing space.

The mere fact that a boy getting more than 10 detentions in one term, being among the last ten in his form and is contributing a detrimental picture of Queen's to the public is a clear indication that he is not of Queen's College calibre. ~o wonder such a diistinguished old boy of Queen's as Mr. F rank Pilgrim feels that the fund allotted to Queen's is too great when it is compared with that given to other Govt. - Aided schools.

I hope that, with the abolition of common entrance examination, a virile breed of Queen's College students shall arise and they will once: again hoist the dropping banner of Queen's Mgher than it was before.

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ER Burrowes .!fhe Fall of · Conduct in Q.C.' Sir,

Kindly allow me to express, wl:at I feel was a great injustice don~ to a man who in my opinion, served both the staff and students of Queen's College, faithfully during his long service here.

Mr. E. R. B URROWES, described by the critics as one of the greatest artists of this :::ountry and one of the most dedicat'ed to the task of improving Guyana, died on Friday 30th September, 1966. at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, and neitl:er staff nor students except at some House Assem blies-gave as much a:; HALF a minute silence as a mark of

respect.

This very school could afford half a holiday for students t o wave farewell to their Headmaster who was leaving on a vacation. This very school could give· a half holiday f or 'A' level results, it could fly its flag 1t half mast and observe a minute silence at the death of President Kennedy and Prime Minh;ter Nehru, but it could not give h alf a minute silence to such a great Guyanese, who was one of us.

Hoping those in charge will ~ive a safo\factory explanation for their actions.

shock ing behaviour and indecen t conversations. This is not only obser vant out of school, by the public, but is disgustingly noticed by masters themselves.

Dear Editor.

It has been brou ght to the notice of many publ ic observers, that the manners and behaviour o'f most Q.C. b oys have deteriorated. It is hard to believe that the well-renowned conduct of Q.C. is be:ng disregarded by certain u ndisciplined a nd uncontrollable students.

Is ther e no solut ion? Will we allow the long-gained reputation of our College to f all, because of certain boys? We must definitely not! I h ope t h at t hese boys wm reconsider their conduct and t urn sensibly t o the successful better ment of conduct in Q.C. Thank you,

T hey disregard all t raffic regulations, on the road. They divert from adapting decent manners, to participating wholesomely in

Signed: N. S. IS, J. Fifth Form

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Friday, December 9, 1968

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Why has the discipline at Queen's deteriorated Tribute to I have been a <iked to comment on the decline of discip-

J.R. Rickford (Head B oy). broUert. brought up against the impracNowadays, whenever groups d own, w herea:· these are only 'pockets' of bad behaviour ticable and unmanageable ele- of people meet, and the diswhich with t he r igh t a pproach t o the p roblem will qu ickl~ ments t'hat stem from a system cussion turns to Queen's College, d isappear. There are still those who up hold the traditions of based on expediency, but we hear the characteristic reQueen's, and their own d ignit y. alarmingly vulnerable to the mark: 'Discipline at Q.C. has test of experience and close gone to the dogs.' One tends to standards must react unfavour- scrutiny. Some have tl:eorised on suspect the general perogative ably to the need for order. A the undesirable need to please remark, and what is needed milieu in which these prerequi- in this insecure pattern of liv- now is a precise explanation of sites exist will pattern its ing conditions that have been its meaning. The most striking behaviour and moulii its disci- spawned by race politics, to and obvious example of the pline on the lines established by avoid being accused of discri- statement may be found in the the gifted persons in their midst. mination; this fear, they argue, fantastic number of detentions has ushered in an era of irrele- wl-Jch have been gained for this It is a stupid thing to sugvant and unfair compromise, term: An average of over 125 gest that Queen's is not en- spineless use of authority and per week! But this in itself dowed with the capacity to inadequate respect for it. We may be due to the other minor repress the chaotic drive, or hear not, see not and do naught causes, and what is mor e alarmthat zeal, loyalty and affection - it seems. Boys argue about ing is the general rise in the E. R. Burrowes was one of for the school and its song and what they call an unhealthy the most distinguished persons :Mr. S. M. D. Insanally its motto and its record of abuse of corrective measures, ever to be associated with achievement, do not exist; that what they interpret as a pecuQueen's College. As a man, he And I shall say something on if indifference and lethangy was liberally endowed by na. liar sensitivity with r egard to discipline in my own fashion, plague some, then the resent- having and wielding authority ture with a wide range of though admittini the presence in ment of others will not enjoin on the part of masters, and talents, which but for several school of certain tendencies, pre- participation by the weaker ones charge us with inexperience and crucial ~etbacks would have judices and misconceptions that in a crusade for the entrench- bigotry. They claim that we flowered him into a tr uly resaccount for a spate of detentions, ment of those qualities that have made them immune, to plendent artistic ficure even clumsiness with regard to school distinguish us from all otl:ers, the salutary remedies, and that moreso than he did actually of rudeness and become. rules, mannish disregard of and place us without conscious we have contributed to the incidence insubordination to p eople, in authority and foolish recourse to effort or taint of snobbery outbreak of indiscipline. authority, the inability on the it, - and above all else an abys- above our contemporaries; this part of students to exercise inmal ignorance in certain matters spirit that has made it the most The stupid mind is that which dividual control on t heir wildwondel\ful thing to have dethat preva1ls in the school, which fastens on trifles and dwells on ignorance is the chief source of served and obtained a place at them for the sake of exhibi- er instincts, and their refusal in the face of this, to submit dic;order and perseverance in the Queen's tionism, tr.ere are stupid m~ds to order and control from others. doing of wrong. at Queen's. The mind for it Tbs kind of ill-discipline can There can be no contrast be- to work with the brain: and for be seen in the boys who move Discipline is "that training especially of the kind that pro- tween those that have departed it to stir the heart, must dis- around and mumble at assemb 1y, duces self-control, orderlinftSS, and these who attend, tl:ose that abuse itself of petty and crumby in the class which goes on obedience, and cap acity for co- wore and these who wear the argumentativeness, the dulling gaily gabbering when a master blight of abortive or withered operation; the state produced by same school tie, between those is present, in those even wor se intellect; it must be so avid C1f who did and these who do the individuals who suck their this, and the degree of it prevaWhile still a younc b oy, llis knowledge, so involved in learnlent in a society; the mainten- same things. But contr ast will ing so dedicated to the quest of teeth ldudly when reprimand- foster mother was ruthle,sly arise where the preoccupation ed by a prefect. These probance of proper subordination in witl: censure, unfortunately wisdom, that the chivalrous and lems have perhaps been com- swindled by her busineu manan army or school or the like.'' ager, and this completely r u ined grows to be obsession with jus- generous and humble submis- mon to previous generations of his plans for attending Queen',1 Discipline thus rests with the tifying such censure, if even at sion of all else to these obQ.C: but never 'n such a wide- College and later eoine abroaci individual, the strong individual the expense of prior good inten- jects will strengtl:en the con- spread and extreme form as to obtain a doctorate in Law who by willinjit himself to ignore tions anti by prejudicing the fidence in our ability to per- today. or History. Had this not hapthe sins of the multitude, schools truth. Discipline always a word form well in all things. There Several explanations may be pened he would have now been is an incipient inferiority com, himself to adhere to the princi- ef substance, can become a word offered for this. The school now numbered amone the d ist inples of proper conduot. Such an vulgarised and cheated of its plex in our society which translates the consciousness of its holds over 720 students and these guished old-boys of the school, individual stands out from the significance. shortcomings in rebellious and increased numbers obviously but, more important, h e would weak; he is usually disliked a.t make it harder to maintain dis- have been able to move into a Some have argued that the :frustrating behaviour and in first, but later admired and rescipline.

Then we have to· position, from which, at U:.e arbitrary and injudicious pected. I speak of the individual political and social unrest so realize that in many of the height of his powers as teacher methods of seeking reform. before I speak of hUI milieu, be- physically manifest in recent gocd old days 'we hear so much and artist, he would have beeu There may be too much em- about, Q.C. students came from able to do far more for this, llil cause there is need at the times and still suspiciously moment for more strong-willed dormant, l:as done much to phasis on the immediate future a more select class, in which adopted country, than he acpeople. people of character and drive a wedge between students, which deprives us of tl:e chance culture' was already ingrained. tually did accomplish . And , inand between students and mas- of consulting the past there to resolution, faithful to duty.

No one wishes a return to deed it is incredible that ane ters, and between masters and· lean gratafully on those pillars these so-called 'snob-days', but man could hlive done so m uch.

The gregarious instinct in peo- parents. Some have blamed the on which. we have built and will the fact that Q. C. boys now plc makes them either destruc- riotous state of admission to go on t uilding.

His achievement (thoulh percome from all streams of life, tive or construGtive in the order Queen's based on the problemaon a smaller scale) rich and poor, town and coun- haps of things. The propensity to fol- tical Common Entrance ExamiExperience has taught that try alike, poses a new problem: matched those of his l:.eroes low may have good or bad nation; that whereas this latter sharp criticisms and rebukes alhow to cope in school with Churchill in Europe be tweeD consequences. A milieu that may be commendable for the most invariably end in futility. boys who have not received 1939 and 1945, and Critehlow lacks the prerequisites of capa- equation it embodies, yet those As a teacher here are some ideas elementary discipline from the in tl:e Guyana Labour moTe city and willingness to set directly involved have been I l:ave borrowed and made environment from which they men t. Burrowes was r esponaible mine: How would another han- come. The sociological aspects for keeping alive befor e the dle this problem if he had it? of the problem have been public, and the artists thsaselves the notion that Art wu I should like to improve some greatly ignored. important, and, that it was in other. Why not begin on myMoreover, an easier com- the interest of the n ation tha t self; it is always more prQfitable when dealing with students. mon entrance examination, than l'he quality of its Art be imLogic is not always the most in previous years, breeds a set proved to the highe st de9('ee e.f fective weapon. We must ap- of new boys w ho are often possible. peal to their emotion, we must careless and childish in beBurrowes started bis !i11st strive to get rid of our pre- huvious: boys who are accus.. Art Class in 1932 : he has b een tomed to the tamarind whip judices a nd theirs, we must preaching the Gospel for ovec remember that like ourselves or wild cane and find the tran. thirty years.

His name b ethey are motivated by pride and sition to self discipline a hard task.

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New Masters of Staff 1 ·IrresponsiA teacher with considerable gave this warning bility on the student's behalf experience, Mr. Reuben Ram-

dhani, who never attended a high school, has joined our staff this year. He started teaching at a primary school in 1950, attended Government Training College !from 1955-1957, and left as a Class I trained teacher. Entered U. W. I. in 1962 and graduated from it in 1965 with a special Honours degree in Engl ish. Did a post graduate

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Miss D. Harvey Miss Harvey is an old girl of Bishop s' High School which she at:Lended from 1953-1958. SJ-.e did her advanced level priva1e ly then entered the Univer.;ity of Aberdeen in 1963. She left this year after obtaining a general degree in French and Spanish. While at Bishops' she developed a keen interest in games which has · lived with • t:er througho11t her university .. :· "l' .......-career. Her c1her interests in• > • ... .. elude drama, dancing and \ :. · _ , fashi ons.

On the question of discipline, she remarked it was much bet...·. ter t han she had expected, but .

• .. . t . ...... this view may be due to the fact that she prefers teaching boys. According to Miss Harvey, the library, which she helps Miss Loncke to run, is in an Mr. Reuben Ramdbani excellent condition but quite a Jct needs to be done for it. course in Education ( 19651966) . Taught in four high schools over in Jamaica. His 1\1,r. Robinson was an old boy chief hobbies are cricket, vol- of Queen's College and a memley ball and darts. Was captain ber of D'Urban House. He enof G. T. C. cricket team in 1957. tered Queen's College in 1953 Presently he is the form-master and left after spending nine of 3C, Assistant House master years. During his distinguisJ-.ed of "H" house and Assistant career here he played football Supervisor of Literary and Deand table tennis for the school. bating Society.

When questioned about the He was once runner-up in t:he discipline at Queen's, he opined Junior School Competition. He that it was better than in the entered the University of the Jamaican schools. He also com- West Indies in 1962 and graduain 1966 with a B.A. mented on the mutual co-opera- ted Honours degree in tion between students and mast- Special ers. According to him the French. He also took part in standard of education here is representative games at U.W.I higher except possibly, in the Playing fobtbaU, t/able>-tennis case of J amaica College the and badmington for the Univercounterpart of Q.C. in Jamaica. sity. Comparing the discipline He also said that the teaching in his days with that of today, system here is better in that Mr. Robinson regrettably noted J amaican teachers have more f a- that it has degraded noticeably. he thinks the cilities to obtain better a1l- Academically, round education. To those who standard is st.JI good especially are interested in pursuing as the school has gained 18 disstudies at University level, he tinctions this year. ·'

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Academically, she thinks that the standard at Queen's is the same as England and slightly higher than Trinidad.

Ow· sta.ff was also increased Her hobbies are travelling, by t he presence of another fe- Table Te nnis, Drama and Floral male in the form of Mrs. arrangements.

Swami. Born in Trinidad, she attended Naparaima Girl's One of the new masters on High School and then Napa- the staff is Mr. Hack, who durraima College. She attended ing the last term, was still a tht> university of Exeter from pupil in the school. When 1955 to 1958 wl:ere she gained asked whether he intended to her BA Hons. and then the make teaching a career, he University of London where said "DEFINITELY NOT!" he she got her diploma. Before never had it in mind. He also coming to Queen's Mrs. Swami informc.d me tl:at he may leave had previously taught in Ghana t he country next year t:o She says that she enjoys teach- further his studies. The career ing at Queen's but feels that he has in mind b Chemical tl:ere is room for a great im- Engineering. provement in discipline especialTeaching, he said, is a much )-- - - - - - - - -- -- -

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more difficult job than w hat the pupil may think and it cou ld be made easier if there was more co-op€'ration, in the lower school especially. Mr. Hack, who in his fist year at the Advanced Level attained a distinction in Pure and Applied Maths and who also honoured the school by being one of the two pupils who received the West German scholarsl:ip for Engineering, said that sports in the school is now being organised in a very commendable manner due to the keen attention given by the games master.

Mr. Hack will be leaving Queen's College at the end of this term and we, the Lictor Staff would like to wish him all the success in the future. now, Georgie."

"Oh yes, I grew a bit after I was 21."

Silence prevailed as each man's mind was burdened with separate thoughts. As they passed ui:der a street light, Charlie turned to get a better look at his long absent friend.

Suddenly he exclaimed : "Hey, l:.old it, You 're not Georgie, his nose did never so flat. What the hell is . . . " he continued as the man slipped a pair of handcuffs on his wrists.

"Sorry Charlie, you've been under arrest for the past ten minutes. The Mazaruni Police sent us a description of the man who had robbed Mr. Figueira's jewel sl:op in the Interior and you were easily recognised.

Coming suietly, that's sensible.

By the way, Constable Pile sent this note for you."

Sullenly, Charlie opened the note and read:Dear Charlie, When I shone that flashlight into your face, I immediately recognised you as the wanted jewel robber. I couldn't bring 1 myse f to arrest you, so I rang the station and got a plainclothesman to do tl:e job for me.

Sorry, Charlie, I had to do my duty.

Charlie crumpled the note into his manacled hands, then bitterly, he tossed it into the gutter.

A uthor: COLIN BENJAMIN "And how did you make out Form: U 6 Mod., A 1·i1ere?" enquired the constable. thirteen A short story "After "Well, officer, at first things years" was bad, but once a man deNo one seeing the constable cides fo' use 'e brain, he boun' stride ma nfully along his beat to get by and soon as I get -:ould have imagined how far to realise dis, life was easy fo' removed his thoughts were f ,r me.'' hough his eyes were fixed on Here he paused to extract a the road ahead, his thougl:ts half-empty 'flatty' from !:is were centred on the mout h- hip-pocket. Eagerly he pressed watering Guyanese dishes the bottle to his lips, then wipwhich his wife was preparing ing his mouth on his shirt for their Christmas lunch to- sleeve, he offered the bottle to morrow. Tl:.e chiming of the the constable. "Sorry, but 1 Stabroek Market clock brought don't drink on duty" said the his wandering thoughts back officer quickly.

"Oh, ah see, officer, but one to his duty and mad.e him realise that in another hour it quick shot can't harm nobody, you know." would be Christmas; Day. As the rhythmic strains of "Thanks, but I've got a duty the tramping steelbands reachto perform. Well I must be ~d his ears, Constable Pile off, hope your friend turns , ighed with regret. However, up." With those parting words, 'le had a duty to perform and 1he constable continued along would try to do it to the best his beat. of his ability. He paused for a Fifteen minutes later, a man while, straightened his prestopped before the waiting man viously hunched shoulders and and said: - "Is that o drew his black cloak a little Charlie?

This Georgy1·eu_,; closer about his body. As he Charlie's is t welcome was no continued on his way, his now in enthusiasm, and vigilant eyes noticed someone lacking wr..en he suggested that they 'eaning against an electric' igh t post. As he strode pur- have dinner in some suitable 'lOsefully towards the apparent place, his invitation was eager~ccepted.

On the way loiterer, he was greeted with ly dharhe said "You look taller t he words : "l s all right officer, just §1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111:.: waiting fo' a fren" As the officer shone his flasl:light into 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 his face, he continued : E "Yo &>e, officer muh fren § Georgie an' me had dinner together in a restaurant dat INSTANT been hehrhe once.

Yo' remember "THE could STOMACH'S DELIGHT" officer? Well, me an' Georgie eat in dat same place on a E Christmas Eve night 13 years E5 § :z = ago an' before we part, me Factory Produced . .. . Locally Manufactured an' Georgie make a solemn promise to meet one another in 13 years time at dis same ~ ~ 1 place. When we say goodbye, de market clock was saying a quarter past eleven, and I ~ and §§ know me fren Georgie gun E turn up."

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0 '.I hope you're going to give ~ § him a few extra minutes to .•,111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,~ get here.'' said the officer, "because he might."

DO YOU WEAR GLASSES? "Oh yes, officer, Yo' see Eggs DO YOU PLAY GAMES? Georgie always had a liking fo' other de bright lights of de City so I( so, wear our hardened lcn,;es, which protect your eyes he probably having a good from any flying object. Ther-,e lense~ tal:e n blt>w 40 time at some Christmas fete times greater than ordinary lenses before i.ueakin ~. or de other but he gun turn up GET THEM AT: even if he is a lil' bit late. We ~111111111111111111111111111111111111'1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIID' was the thickest of frens but we had to part. Georgie did 91, Middle & Carmichael Sts., and Strand & Charlotte Sts,. want to stay in town while I New Amsterdam. did want to try me luck in de bush."

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THE

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LICTOR

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UNION OF STUDENTS

by M. J.

In fact they acted as if we were stalling them and I now realise jected to Mr. Mars' authority we were. They had intended to :o invite a stranger to take the rush through the ·constitution chair, unknown to the com- as fast as possible and to ratify mittee. Mr. Cave the chosen it in its presented form. But as chairman then adjourned the I said before we unknowingly meeting on the grounds that he "put the spoke in the wheel" by was obviously invited by some- asking for clarifications and one who was not in a position putting 'forward objections. to extend such an invitation, and There was one particular subsequently left tl:e room. Mr. Mars then put the matter to the clarification that we asked for house and he was elected to and could not get a straight chair the meeting. Q.C. voted answer. Article (3) Aims and (·~i) To against Mars who then read the Objects : - clause agenda, which being a weighty defend our democratic and acaone our delegation decided that demic rights. Now wl:y would there should be a t ime limit to they not clarify this? I would the meeting. We were told to say for obvious reasons. attended the meeting at 9.30 a.m , At 11.30, professors Drayton "At" that time we were met by Mars who informed us that the and Hammond arrived and meeting was now at 10.30 a.m, Mars stated that he had invited "The reason we gathered, was them to be the returning offithat one member of the com- cers for the elections to the mittee could not arrive bef_ore executive council. He then imthen as he was coming from a plied that we should ratify the constitution quickly so as not country area. to keep tl:e professors waiting.

So with this in mind and see- To which Dr. Drayton suggested ing that it was already 11.10 that they return later but Mars a.m., we insisted that the meet- then put i t to the house that the ing come to an end at noon constitution be ratified in prinand )further that the constitu- ciple and that elections should tion be dealt with first contrary commence. The Q. C. delegato the planned agenda. This tion objected strenuously to was agreed upon and the dele- this move on the grounds tl:at gates finally got down to busi- it was highly irregular and most unconstitutional. ness.

Dow (L 6 Class)

In March of this year our students' council received a letter wr.ich outlined a plan to for m a union of students in Guyana.

This letter ·'..nvited Queen's to send a delegation to a meeting to be held on the 3rd April at Q.C. to discuss this plan. The matter was discussed in our council and though members were not very keen, a delegation comprising members of our executive was chosen to represent us at that meeting.

unable to attend another meeting for tr.at purpose. We thought that this was fair enough and we agreed to elect a council but we made it quite clear that until the constitution was properly debated and formerly ratified by delegations, the persons elected cannot be vested with the powers of the executive. This proposal brought heated argument between Mr. Gafar and our delegation and w.t:en finally put to the vote our motion lost by seven votes to eighteen - the two members of both the St. Roses and Central High delegations voted in our favour.

I have been reliably informed that at the first meeting of the e x e c u t i v e , the constitution was to be discussed.

H o . w e v e r , members of that body received letters Swnmoning them to a meeting on Sunday 30th to discuss the ways and means of organising stlident~ and the appointment of a sub-committee to look into the draft constitution as well as plans for regional elections. The letters were signed by Gafar and the Secretary was one of t'r.e members who received such letters!

However high school students are protesting against this body since they quite rightly CQntend that it is not entirely representative of t~ students of Guyana. And I must point out that major schools such as St. Stanislaus College, Bishop's High School, St. J'osepl:'s High and Tutorial High were not represented. This being the case I am in total agreement with the protesting students and further I feel that the head-masters and mistresses should discuss this matter and issue a statement on it. I am pleased to say that as we expected, our head-master has already given us his full s upport and approved our actions at the meeting.

A report we got from our delegation compnsmg Messrs.

Glassheen and Khan stated that Thereupon we irtformed the a steering committee was elecchairman and house that we ted to draft a constitution for the could not take part in a meetinr, union. This committee met a at which the majority of the number of times and drafted a delegations were employing sue!~ constitution which was apparunconstitutional tactics to ently not satisfactory to all achieve their aims. We then left members of the committee. Some the room soon to 1,e followed member s suspected others by the members of the Central of p o J i ti cal motives and High delegation in protest of were determined to out this state of affairs. play them.

They objected strongly to the system of elecHere are the office-bearers tions of executive members for elected after our walk out: Prethey felt that it ensured that sident, John Gafar (UG); First the country schools would have Vice-President, Miss Zandra the largest number of votes on Abrams (St. Roses High); Secthe executive. However this ond Vice-President, . K.hemraj part of the constitution was Sookranie (Ann.ii Regina Secradically changed and it was Finally, a1. we are at the ondary); Secretary, Miss Cecily agreed that it should then be Dolphin (St. Roses High); As- moment I feel that the school is sent to a legal draftsman for Mr. Gafar infuriated by our sistant Secretary, Miss E. Savary quite content with our own finer drafting and later to be Having studied the const:i.tupresented to the steering com- tion together on a previous oc- opposition informed the house (Guyana Progressive, Kitty); student s association and council $ecretary, Moses and will lose little by not parmittee before being put to a gen- casion we had several objections that a large sum of money was Organising eral meetini. to make and this we attempted spent to have delegations from l\fazrarunootoo (Berbice); Trea- ticipating in the union. Thereto do. But we noted with the country present (no doubt) surer, Kennet}: Seepaul (Guy- fore making careful consideraContrary to this agreement a great concern the open disgust and that if elections were not ana Progressive, . Kitty) ; Assist- tion Queen's College has decidgeneral meeting was summoned and annoyance of certain dele- held then, they would be in- ant Treasurer, Miss Desiree ed not to join the so-called Guyanese union of students. behind the backs of the steering gates "towards" our objections. convenienced and would be Dackbang (UG). committee and a constitution containing many points previously thrown ou.t was put to this meeting. Q. C. was once again invited to be represented Messrs. Gordon, Phang and Myself attended. From informat:on I • by M. Hassan (L 6 M ( a )) But is it a prize YJ'Orth racing Imagine a space man being on reach down. A ball hit in the received afterwarcts it appears for. Today man is interested in the moon for one day only. His air might rise to fantastic as if several schools in GeorgeTl:e race to the moon is in full anything that arouses his curi- condition would be comparable heights. This fact has encourtown were in fact not invited. swing! Only a fe"". more laps osity and seems mysterious to to that of a chicken baken in an aged more than one astronomer This I can well believe for, of to the tape! But still no one him. The moon becomes a land oven and afterwards put in the to speculate about a World the fifty odd persons present at can predict for certainty who of enchanting and exciting ad- refrigerator. Therefore num- Series baseball game on the that meeting many of whom will claim the "silver sphere". venture. To a scientist it can be ber one problem is to provide moon! wel'e observers, only four But while her two foremost a magnificent weather labora- an outfit to combat the exGeorgetown schools were re- suitors display their utmost tory naturally endowed with tremes of temperature which \Vhat are the chances of man presented. May I point out here strength and 'love' for her the ranges of temperature that would be like putting one in landing on the moon? I would that there are fifty high schools earth 's tiny satellite, about as they are spending millions of an enlarged tl:ermos flask. say one in one. Formerly man in Guyana and that nineteen of large as Africa , in surface area dollars to reproduce on earth. estimated that to toss a 100-ton tr.em are in the city.

To astronomers it is an ideal obAlso, from observations, it and wandering 240,000 miles away, she continues l:er noctur- servatory for exploring the could be proved that water is not spaceship into orbit would require nearly 8,000 tons of gasoAt the start of the meeting a nal course nonchalantly, reflect- solar system and a way sta- present on the moon: If there lene and liquid oxygen. That is was any large body df water, ing her silver glow for all to see. tion en route to Mars and the well-known gentleman in the why the splitting of the atom the sun's reflection shimmering For centuries, from time imrest of the planets.

Is it imchair explained that he was ingave astronauts such a tremenvited by Mr. Perry Mars the memorial; man has dreamt possible that in the next few on the surface, ought to be vior century tourists sible through telescopes. It isn't! dous lift. A few pounds of fischairman of the original steer- and talking about "reaching for decades the moon."

But now earth from New York or Miami There are no rain-clouds over sionary uranium 235 could do ing committee to take the chair. the work with ease. Such rocHe said that the qualifications to moon travel has left the might be passing their winter the moon either therefore no ket theorists as \Villy Ley, forrains.

No. 2 problem therefore is realm ctf fantasy and dreams. on the moon instead of the Bafor tr.at post at that particular mer president of tl:e German to carry enough water to supply The question is no longer hamas?

But most interesting of meeting were, a big mouth and Rocket society and now a U. S. the ability to sit in the hot seat whether we could reach the all is its cold blooded value. the spacemen for the specified engineer thinks that with time.

There is hardly any air: A moon, but when.

America has potential base for a rocket and return the attack on the enough money, time and reconstitution to the attackers by planned by 1970 to put a team war against earth, a potential the ratio of oxygen on moon Hitler could, by using the moon to that on earth is 1: 100,000 search, a rocket can be landed out shouting them. I must con- of Astronauts on the moon. as a garage for his arsenal of This means that men will have on the moon. But unfortunately, fess that I was rather amused A juzzling question is, who atomic propelled weapons, force to wear oxygen gas equipped recent discoveries uncovered at first but my suspicions were that there are no real ideal landsoon aroused when a member would own the moon. Can a the earth nations to become his pressure units, like the proverbing areas.

There photographs ial "men from Mars."

OtherRussian or American scientist slaves or face complete exterof the original steering comradioed to earth by moon satelwise, since our body pressure is lawfully claim possession of mination. mittee pointed out that he was lite Lunar. Orbiter II revealed greater, if one is surrounded by the moon by planting his counnot formerly in!formed ot tr.at What kind of place is the a vacuum, a man's eyes would that the surface is too rougb meeting and that other members try's flag there either by rocket proxy or in person?

Certainly moon?

Since we could only see pop out and explode. Take the for space craft landing although including the secretary (who not.

International law makes one face of the moon, we do outfit away and he himself ex- an Apollo mooncraft should be should have been taking care no mention ot the moon.

Every not know what; is on the other ~lodes like a balloon. Taking able to land there without risk of the correspondence) were one knows that when Columbus side.

Unlike earth, the moon mto account the decrease in of toppling over. a lso ignorant of it. Mlr. Mars discovered America he claimed !:eats up very quickly to about gravitational pull, a man's had no excuse for this but the land for Spain by planting 214° F and then loses it weight is reduced by one-sixth. nevertheless put up a specious a flag. If this law could be ex- quickly being about - 243°F Therefore a man might walk as The race has started, is conargument in his defence still tended I to the moon then at midnight. These figures ex- though he had a cramp on both tinuing and will continue. \Ve tinally having to opologise. whoever plants his flag there ceed the boiling and freezing feet. If he hops in the air, he as spectators will cheer and Next the same member ob- may legitimately claim it. points of water respectively. might take a few minutes to congratulate the winner.

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Llfltor: Mr. Pilgrim, you are ce :v ed n , pay We worked and , .. t an old boy of Queen's College? aJ' owances: If we were sent to a fair. we were given an allo wAnswer: I ~as one of the old- ance of one dollar and fifcy present boys there at one cents to report to the fair .and time. I probably went to Queen's we w.:iu'd try and buy an ice College for longer than most cream cone anu take a chance boys co there now-eleven y<"ars. in a raffle : Bnl we would spend our time a t t'.· e foi1 avoiding Lictor: When you left Queen's spending this dollar and fifty College what did you do? cents as much a s p cs , ib'~. And Answer: I went straight into that was t he ·e xtent of the pay press .·fir.s t. · My main extra cur· that a cub r.~p arter was suppos·.• icular activity in the school ed to get. And som~ day in the i. esides the cadet corps and tl:e stage of being a reporter, at the "couts was the school magazine Graphic I became at one time e.nd I was very, very keen on cr.ief reporter there. I think at ·,he mai;:azine. I was editor of. it one t ime I was even sports ediLir two years, during which tor. But within six months I was · ,ime incidentally, one of the abo ut chief r eporter at the editors was Justice Van Sert ima. Graphic and wit hin six weeks \ve used to have two editors. I was sent .to interview General 'l he second year it was Philip Eisenhower who was coming Alscpp, who is now at the Min- t'hrough the country, and this was entirely due to the fact i,try of Works and Hydraulics. that I had an evening suit. But eventually it was about six · But durini;: that period, for the months . before I became chief first time, · the Queen's Co.liege reporter and a little but later magazine made a profit. We had I beca me sports editor. In those a i:ocd business manager, b~t days really, a reporter did every- · we also departed a great deal thing. You did a little bit of from the old style of producing everything. Titles were u sed to it . We developed a new cover impress us of our own imporand a ney,r lay out and also a tance but it had no financial new approach to the magazine significance. When I was supin i:en~ral. posed to be chief reporter I was getting forty-two dollars a lt was my ambition to become month, and when I was supposed a journalist, ,and this had prob- to be sports editor I was getting llbly existed before I became an forty-eight -dollars a month but editor, I cannot remember back it didn't make much difference. further than that, but it was coniirmed. I was quite determined that I wanted to be an editor.

Lictor: After the Gnphic There were certain forces or what did you do? certain influences .in the family Answer: After the Graphid, I which wer.e keen on my becoming a lawyer but nobody eVer moved to the Chronicle. I left trought of a ·parson. I wanted to the Graphic after being involved be ,a reporter and I went straight i,,. an altercation with the powers from school to work at the there. We tried to get a trade Graphic, which was at that time union interested in the condiowned by the Sugar Producers, tions of the reporters at the and also at that time there Graphic, but the trade union we weren't many news papers . The, e called in was not strong enough. newspapers did not attdct any Anyhow, the firm immediately people with School Certificates sacked all of . us out. In those and so on. Nearly everybody days reporters were very expenwanted to get into tl:e Civil dable beings and the ~ix of us Service or to ''go abroad ~nd who joined the uniol)o' could not ·~t udy, But I just wanted to get cripple the newspaper. But I into a newspaper. In those days was taken on at the Daily a nttwspap·e r cub reporter re- Chronicle as a sort of free lance

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but regular columnist, and I used to make about rhree times a.; much as I was rnaKing a, tLe Graph,c. I was a free lance a , t.he Chl'Onicle specializing in pJli,ical and trade union coverage. Then in 1950-1- I was trymg to make arrangements to go tu America to study journalism, out just at t.hat time when I should have gone, the British pound was devalued and my money, the British money, was wonhless as far as going t.o America was concerned and I had not hing to do but to go to tl::e United Kingdom where there wa~ no re_c ognised journalistic ·course. ,In the United Kingdom, I went into a newspaper news a1;ency. Here I suffered because of the weakness of t he trade union movement at that time. There I suffered because of the strength of the National .Union of Journalists which made it impossible for newspapers m Britain to employ foreign )ournalists on a long term basis.

They could only t::tke you on for a specific period. , I was taken on for a ' six months period to do a very limited area' of work. I couldn't do any work that tt_e English Journalists could do and I had to write only about matters of my own country or of things outside nf Britain. I couldn't cover a British event.

THE

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COLLEGE

LICTOR

Friday, December 9, 1966

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Louise Bennett whom I adore Answer: Not too long I hope well. And it is easier to do the things that were bunk. They said Guyanese playi, Observer l was the I\ewspaper beaer known in Britain as a i.hat .t:ad champi,med the cause \ ei y much has been playing the but there are difficulties invol- bad than Uie good.

And the so. Later these people go z.round more useful than. j , urn a list than I had ever been of Africa particularly the black oa me kind of character for ten ved. I think by st,irting too thing is when you are doing t he parading and they say "I got the the House? uefore.

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African countries for many years and she hasn' t deve.'op 2d swiftly, we may have to resort bad side people don't complain. fixst prize in the literary or years. as she should have. The Jamai- to the cowboy films and the People who like to watch the :drama competitig n," and their Answer: I think a p'ay is basically I was the,1 taken on at the can drama has developed tl:e leg shows as the on 1 y form of leg shows are not going to get up ;work is bunk. But if the work an escape med·:um I don't think .ubC w covel' at· first the debate My going down there was to dance field very much better entertainment . We don't want to and say we don't want telev~' on is of a high st andard all well c.nd escapism is good all the time. that went on in Parliament on r eport-to rea' ly fa miliarise mythan we have. And Trinidadia,n start television as only a menas of because on the whole everybody good. If it is bad no. If it· is bad W e shou!d escape from our humt e Guyana , question at that self and the British public with dan ce has developed large 'y entertainment but as a means of enjoy.s the leg shows ~· nnd the then these tbfogs are sent abroad drum lives as oft en ·as possible. t ime. And then I was kept on the facts of the situation there. .iJ rough people iike Beryl Mc enlightening people. We want it cowboy films, as the prize winning things from But I think if a thing of nationa l ,:J cover colonial questions in Most of the English knew the Barnie. to be of value to the community. ,G uyana and the world looks .:t in1portance then to say thz.t we Parliament. One day in the week Gold Coast and Ghana and I d on't think that anywhere in I think that it is better that we L ictor: Do you think that our fhem and say, how bad this, should'nt have a debate on th• was set a , ide in Parliament to Nigeria and Sierra Leone, the 1he Caribbean you. would find take our time, traln our staff radio ·stations are playing a ~ountry's cultural standards :ire. air but ·instead have a. play is vital enough role in our country? d ebate questions on the colonies. Englisl: speaking countries, but so m uch . dramatic activity going . well. You see if it fa; going to be Mr. FRANI( PILGRIM absurd. · i think that we musb I , use:d to cover that every week, they knew nothing of French r n as in Guyana. Especially with an entertainment medium, we Answer : Our radio stations are L ictor: Wha.t· is your opinion on make room for the plr,y here a.'ld I did that for about tt..ree Wet Africa_ "!!:ne J!JUiilic mpporling tl::.e plays czn show things tha t are EngJ,:sh doing a great deal I think. Perindependence here had faded.

Broadcasting in the house? and there. But seeing that it is years. Then I moved to being a ' , by attending fr equently. As long or .Ger man or the American and h i;,ps they could do more. We : I public relat-ions officer for the But1 there were about a doze:1 But Guyana had become a world a s the public keeps on doing entertain t he public. You just can always argue that. I am Answer: You mean ~n the House. a thing of national importance B,·it ish Caribbean welfare ser- of them that were about to get story. And so when I was here this and as long as we keep on entertain but you are not parti- very p l eas ed f or examp Je t o see Well I r.m all in favour of it. It . the whole. community should be vice which was a welfare ser. their independence in 1960 and I persuaded the Observer, (and producing p 'ays as frequently as cularly enlightening. But if you that Francis Farrier's ract;o is not done in Britain but it is aware at first hand ot this thing. vice for West Indian immigrants it was felt tha t in addition to by that time tl1e BBC was also woe do, I , think that in ' the next · gom· g on now - "'·"s is ):lone in Australia and in Trini- Don't depel1{i on what a reporter . want to en1igh ten your own "er;·"] ° ,u 15 w"' tlad. First of a11, I don't think all m z.y have ·been able to rea~ from to Britain and they were just the Engli;h countries getting interested in my work here ), to cou ple of years the drama m · · th C 'bb h t people yoii can't show too many quite umque Jn e art ean beginning to get in to Britain. t1'eir independence, 1960 was let me stay on ·n the Caribbean Guyana would be at t e s age ed and I think there are quite of them should be broadcast be- hi,s notes taken too hurriedly. Or But in very small numbers about g cing to be Africa' s year and to cover the Caribbean news. I wher e · we could take a preview leg shows that are , import cau.se some of t hem are a bit to wait foo:- months and months a number of programmes boring . .If the important speeches, to read pages and pages of things 1,000-2,000 a year. t he Observer was going to ·give did that from !)62 to 1965 F eb- 'cf two or more plays on a tour stuff.

Y o'U "-·u:ave go t t o b e a ble to using Guyanese talent. Ther e the maiden speeches •: n a debate that we won't have time to abI thlnk in 1955, it had jumped i ts grand coverage, and I wa~ to ruary when I became Public and make a very creditable .

Relations Officer here to the showing of our abilities. pr od uce th 1ngs and I th·m k that are a greater number than before. an d b y pre-arrangement, the sorb. up to 10,000 and everybody be- go a long from the year before Prime M inistJ:r, ·and I g uarantee we will have to prepare the The thing about it is that the came alarmed and it wag felt familiarising myself with tl:ese But ,; f w e could listen to an that's the longest answer you ground work for our televis'on work and · frequent presentation chief speaker against al1{i the ihat , there should be some kind countries so that I could pass Lictor: Do you think that in Guyana very carefully so that of these things can lower stand- ch ief speaker for , should be hour every week or an hour and have ever got t o one question. of Public Relations Service to this information unto the Britbroadca..st.

Television could be helpful and a ht1)f every week to the debate we can supply and maintain ards. We c.:.n 't get in enough make the Caribbean migr · ants ish reading public.

Lictor: What do you think of educational here? in the house, I think it would supp'y of the best local or Carprogra mmes but there ~s a limit I think if the po 'iticians knew to Britain more accep-table. This This I did,, and I established · in ,.Hswer: Yes, ver,Y much I think ·ribbean or meaningful materials to these pro~&:mmes because you that thefr words t he standard of drama be a very, very, useful thing to were being ~ervice later on became ab- my base 1n Ghana in Accra and Guyana? the community. You see far too ·i elevisiop. m our country can do in the Garr.~bbean and locally !-,ave either the same persons broadc&st, they would perhaps sorbed into the West Indies then went through all of the many people .in our community a lot for our · people not only as through our peop1e and still have over and over again and this · ~peak a little more sense.

Federation and r became the French speaking cquntries or now are depending on what they Answer: Well, we are st ili a means of enlightening a.nd en· room for the leg shows and so will become boring to the public.

Lictor: But what good would first Public Relations Officer of former French colonies for they hear or what somebody else said.

Bu:t on. I ,am not a·g z.inst the leg . You "an get people who are not th15' do? the West Indies Federation in were still French colonies. Gol- at tl:e · beginning h,stages. l h · tertaining people but to give . ~ But if they can hear foir themea t Y posishows entirely but I am ,against so proficient at the trade but just c nies like Mali, the Ivory Coast, we are m a mo e London. tion ' than mos t of the othel' people a better outlook on life in entirely leg shows. for a change of voice and .(l.nswer: Let the ,pub1ic know selv~ all well and good. Then Togo, Upper -Volta and Guinea. speaking Caribbean general. For example a commun· change of artist; they come on what's going on. it would ,be ·a .very great thing for After I got started, I was Guinea was already independ- English . , h ' for a fifteen mi'nutes or so but them. It would involve people in there from 1956 until 1959. Dur. ent wh~n I went down there. I territories. There is much more ity in Senegal which had been Lictor; Don t y ou t '. nk that our Lictor: Don't you think that what is going on.

Then I got a job at the British mg t hat pericd I used to give a used to drive to some; I used to activity going on here and there regarded as very much behlnd country is much too poor to af- they are not any good.

Then much more continuous acti- in its ideas of hygiene because · Broadcasting Corporation Carib- lot of talks all over Britain and fly to some. I did that · job for is·ty of putting on more than .. h-"- f ford to set up T.V. seeing that you, get fifteen minutes of hor- .,._._w____..,........,...,.,..,,,_""""""'"""""'""'......,.....,..,,,.. _..,...__..,........,_......,.....,,,,.,.,, Vl 1 even the s1mp est met o 'bl d d bod , around ~ the towns which had three years.

My area stopped at bean Service and the job was to one play through tl:e year. Triwe don't have trained person- n e soun s an every y say , hygierie hadn't b een communi- nel as yet?

'Ah Guyanese and they have cover colonial events. It was never had West Indians working the Cameroons. There was an. really the Guyana troubles of there before. I tried to make the other man who was up at the nidad has about four majo, cated to the people. A good numculture but tlf.11 is a dangerous for the ber of· health .w orker.s were sent Ans'!.wer: N o, it wo uld tak e t·ime thing. We must mafatain the 1953 that brought me into the towns interested in them, and I south of the Congo and l:e got dr amatic productions year but they are a 11 d one . b y journa istic lime1'lght because can say that there were several all the plums because the Congo different groups. For example out to overcome this problem but to train them . But- you ss.y -~at standards and seek to · maintain I l:appened to . have photographs, t owns . in England tl:at I can in·4 ~pendence came in June or thr ee different groups may pro- th~y couldn't do anyth :ng much: we are too poor 'for television. I the standards and seek to main· of Dr .. Jagan and Mrs. Jagan claim responsibility for intro- July 1st, I cannot remember er- duce these fom plays. There is So television was used. A clOiled don't think so because I have tain · the standard at all times. and M:r. Burnham: I had a very duclng coloured workers into actly. But when the Congo , inde- no continuity in exchange. And circuit television was set up and seen countries who are regarded And if the standards are fallinr pendence came, they had war a person who acts in a play these scenes were helpful to the as being much poorer than us·. take them off the air. I don't good select ion of photographs t hen.

Towns like Leicester, Notting- over there, in the Congo that is. th is year could not get a chance people. They showed scenes of The per capita income is mueh. -think we should impose on of l ocal personalities .

At the time when our Consti- ham, Sheffield, Dariington and So that when my countries to go on the stage aga in until hyg'.ene and the people were less than we have r.n Guyan.:· and people just because they are · ) achieved their independence, the tmion wa~ suspended, the Eng. a few remaining areas mto another year o two. · thus seeing for themselves what they have television.

Guy,anese. lish newspapers didn't even which We,t Indians had neve r world was so taken up with the Wilbert Holder wl:o is a Guy- they in turn should do.

The sets themselves need not ·g thi'ng•. You can I think Guyanese 'thing' can know w here Guyana was . I at been even seen before. I got war in the Congo that no par- anese and who use d to b e very This was not television on a be elaborate. bl ~ ticular interest was taken of . . th d f'eld here have communal se·ts, sets in be bad. It can be hopeless and least, could offer some authori- ,hem jobs as ' bus conductors, .

1 e rama national scale but these things . independence in Dahomey , and active m . . was terribly keen on the stage villages that people can go and ,:t can be very bad, We can get ta tive information and photo- bus .drivers, coal miners, anyindependence m Upper Volta. t over here, but when he went were based on things that the see for nothing. But the immed- peqple, like for example our . graphs . I gave advice to . some thing. Coal mining was th e b es . th t . · t The independence m these places newspapers. I won't say I gave paid job, factory Job to Trinidad. no~ t Irroug h any people could do. The people fate impact of television is so st mng bands who play music,' a is . came and went like that, I th'·, n k he could see and :i"'preciate.

It great and the reward can come Some ot them make the most t This was a job that needed ad'v ice. I sold advice to some lack of a b ·,·t 1- 1 Y "' on'y go t into • , '· re e p 1 av s wasn't drama and just the grim- from people being able to see for awful sounds. They may improve newspapers and in the matter people with very good physiqu~.

But because of the Congo And there was a certain feeling in about ' four ye;, s and there is mick of being ab1e to look at t hemselves what they can and but I don't think some of them situat ion and Gln,ana's interest tJ,at the non-Europeans would in the Congo situation, my pre. just not any opportunity f or the something .at the street corner should do. Look for .example- should be allowed to go on the · prove· And I not be able to work very well sence in Ghana became very im- ac'.or t o ge t a c h an g e a s We encouraged and fascinated them. a scientific experiment being a1·r unt1·1 they rm ,...

Th e same th'ng a p . The demonstration of what could done at your school .at Queen's th·in k q u1·te a few of t hem do go in the coal mines, but the short-- portant and .I became more have "ere, l a«e of mine workers was very known more as a coral lar y of plies to Barbados a s well. Bar. be done w&s dght there on their Colleg.e can be seen simultan- on t he air at the stage where , ,;vere and they took them on the Congo situation and wl:at bados has ~ very' good drama doorstep for the people to see. eously by ·sixth form science they still make the most awful , and they did very well and that was go:ng on in Ghana and clu];), but it seems to be entirely This was a pub'ic television. ·students throughout the country sounds possible. sort of broke the ice. dominated by the expatriate It may not be necessary for us without nll of them having to Some of our calypsonians are the Black African countries. ttteatre group and they produce t o do the same thing in Guyana have all that expensive equip- very good and . they should be I Well, dur ing 1958, 1959 we Then after I had seen about not more than two plays a year. but I think certainly that a lot ment. They can see things work- · encouraged. But once they get .had the race riots in England and ten or eleven independence of things and a lot of words have ing, they cah see things not in a Tut, put them aside until l had to do a lot of talking ttien , celebrations including Nigeria's Jama ica has rone a stage fur- to be used to get across some- working because in t elevision they ge t something new.

Gold and Silver, Jewellery Chiming and Alarm Clocks · Choose Somewhere Cream Sachet - perfume In cream We to present our side of tl:e case 1 and Sien'a Leone's I became further than Guyana. form - Spray on Somewhere Cologne Mist - Splash on Ladie5 and Gents Watches J amaica has developed along thing. to people in Guyana. This you can afford to .show the sue- shou.' d be quite fear less in our acSpo~ · Cups and Shields to prevent the situ'ation from very .v ery homesick because I Wear Somewhere Perful>'le ~omewhere Co!ogn" ceptance of things that are really the professional l ine. They have can be got across by tei ev:sion cesses as well' as the fl):lures.

Gifts and Ornaments becoming general in Britain. thought that Guyana was going their professional groups to much more swiftly and much There are so many things thr.t good en,t.ertainment. I do not to get its Independence in 1962. d o tr.eir pantomimes. But as mere dramatically. People would can be done by telev·: sion and think that we should push for- N\/alooma your Avon Repre!lentatlve when she cans.

Here you can see the fabulous range of co;smetlca al\d tollatrlas sha When in 1959 again larg~ly I saw that Jamaica and Triniprofessionals always. dep end remember what they see and instead of. having six hundred ward something · that is not brings you, to choose from In th0 comfort of your own home. What you sti' l going around, during that I dad were due for independence u pon money, they tend to do would carry them out. It also BSC first class honours and all good. For example I do not think /don't see Is the !Superb quality e.nd personal, f".'lehd ly s•rv{oo that have period I became vety much bet- and I felt that I was sort of an Avon the world's leadlng cosmetic company. Every purohs..se ls only those plays which will get would bring us closer to the of that. Y9u can get by with 'two. that awards should be made of Imada gyaranteed, and delivered pensonally b.Y your Avon Re~re•entatlve. ' ter knowri in Britain. I was ~}\pert oru independent-e celethem money, and the . standar·ct other countries of the world. It Not that I am rying to put thEi gol d medals or first prizes and s~r:t oi a spokesman for the brations and I should be there lVAILAiLE ONLY THROUGH YOUR AYON REPRESENTATIVE, WHO CALLS AT YOUI IIOM.E of actual drama has fallen. The 0an be great thing for building first class BSC's out of work. It so on in competitions if h o en.West Indian immigrants. to see it. ls just that there is this sort oJ! try comes up to standard.

Jamaican plays that are written the ·character of a nation. But if Sol e Distributors After this; I was offered a I came down to cover tl:e for this group - the pantomine it's going to come here just to thi.µg all over the world, the There was a ccmipetil\:on not job on the Observer n ewspaper J amaican independence arid group, it is really the same show cowboy films. then I do not shortage of t eachers al'\d if the too long ago where none of the to go to West Africa· to cover then went on to Trinidad for its story over and over again arid th'nk that it could any ' good. few that we have can be made to entr ies came up to standard. p articularly The Independence independence celebrations, By there are similiar types of charserve large numbers, then all But as it was t he judges' job 137· REGENT ST. G E O R G E T O W N Celebrations that were ariticipa- that time' Guyana had its flare acter involved because t t.is type Lict(?r: How long .do ·you thirlk· well and good. to award a first and second 16 Robb & Hincks Streets, Georgetown ted. AI\d the celebrations would ' up; the F ebruary 1962 riots had of character sells well to t he that we would have tel evision I have seen the good s:de of prize, they awarded a first, DIAL 2708 Dial 6116 J;ie occurring during 1960. The occurred and the likelihood of public. here? television, and the bad side as. second and third prize to three

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Tribute to Burrowes Continued hom Page 3 came a household word, in the country, a name synonymous with Art. In 1949-50 he was in England on a British Council scholarship. Again r.e was very nnto.rtunate in not being allowed to stay on for a second year to which his scholarship was to he extended. One can imagine his disappointment; he was just beginning to make a name for himself as an artist, and and further opportunities were heing ottered to him, when he was recalled r.ome.

N evetheless, hi, teaching benefited greatly trom his year, overseas and moreso, wr.en he returned in 1956, and, by local standards; his class put on some very interesting exhibitions based on the ideas picked up on these visits. In 1956 he organised the first sculpture exrJbition in Guyana.

It is impossible to write about Burrowes in a few short paragraphs. The story is a vast epic and one can only try to paint an impression. One has either to resort to cliches or to rehash what has already been said. Perhaps one can sum up the man, at least one aspect of his personality, by saying that r.e was unforgettable as a teacher, human and sensitive as an aritist, devastating as a debater, and absolutely hypnotic as a lecturer and raconteur.

It takes no great intelligence to predict tr.at the art scene in Guyana will need another E. R. Burrowes to take it to the next and higher stage in its development.

We, the b oys of Queen's Colleite would like to express oll!" deepest sympathy to the wife and children ot the late Edward Rupert Burrowes. Mr. Burrowe:i will long be remembered by the boys of Queen's College for his fine powers ot oratory, his skill a,t sculpture, as an author, teacher, singer and last but not least, an artist.

As a master of Queen's, he not only encouraged the growth of Art in the school, but also sculp;ture. He, smoking his pipe, would tell us tall tales about his boyhood and his life in England, to where, he said, he ~ould have liked to take up permanent

residence after his retirement at Queen's.

Mr. Burrowes insisted that he was of Barbadian Onigin, though we know tl:at he had far more Guyanese than Barbadian traits.

During his years at Queen's, he formed the Queen's College Art Society, and encouraged sculptur ing. He was beloved by all the students, young and old who never payed fees, and he was hospitable to the t:omeless, and s tudents, being generous, for he said that he often had private even the delinquent.

At times, he would tell us about his years of education iin

England. He said life in England

was just what he liked, and he hoped to be there again before his death. He gained his diploma at the Brighton Art School where he won many friends.

In 1962, we remember l.\fr.

Burrowes singing in the Music Festival, in the Bass Solo class.

This shows that he was not only interested in the art of our school, but also in Music, and his resonant bass voice will long be remembered.

Hhis keen interest as a dramatist, a, costumer and decorator also won him credit and friends. For, every school year, he did t he Decor for our school's Drama competition.

Again, we would like to say what a great loss this has b een not only to Guyana, but also to Queen's College.

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Continued from Page 3 But these crude methods have sharply undesirable repercussions.

The deepest urge in human nature is "the desire to be important", "the craving to be appreciated." But the most significant difference between men and men is how they may have acquired their feeling of importance.

Students sometimes turn negative in order to win sympathy and attention, and get a feeling of importance. There must be the ability to arouse enthusiasm among students - tl:e way to develop the best that is in a pupil is by appreciation and encouragement. Let us be more anxious to praise, and more reluctant to find fault. We may nourish the brains of our childr en . but how seldom we nourish ~heir self-esteem. What .is pathetic is that often those who have l:e least justification for a feeling of achievement bolster up heir inner feeling of inadequacy by an outward shou~ing and tumult and conceit that are offens ive in the highest degree.

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carry its ligl:t and promise into the dark, secure from fear or doubt, when we may look back with satisfaction on one dream realised, and look forward with eagerness to the projection and I fruition of yet another.

That this becomes a habit which is hard to lose and has painful repercussions at the Ordinary Level.

But this explanation caters only for the Junior School, and the Upper School is certainly no less guilty of ill-discipline.

That the same lett:argy and One of the central reasons I dissatisfaction affect boys' see for the drop in standards is s howing at games. at .functions a drop in school spirit, in the bot h in and out of st:hool. sense that Q.C. boys no longer hold the glory, pride, awe That the habit grows into a which they should attach to ¡pose': I can't be a boy, so I will Q.C. If we truly can truly feel play the man and impress the that Queen's is a great and regroup by smoking for instance. vered place, pride and respect along should help us to mainBut you must be a boy or else tain certain standards of beyou will have lost the haviour. Tr.e recreation of a most splendid part of your life dormant school spirit I see as a nd playing the man is never the central solution to many !¡eally being a man. of our p::oblems at Q.C.

That sometimes tl:e group Then in accordance with prospirit is so alive and alert that gress and advance, much of the the group show their resent- "fear" image of authority has m ent and help to suppress the been removed. No longer are hahit, the pose, and the like; prefects the "big, bad crarnmy that at other tpnes, the group beasts" who came wildly at the spirit is weak and the habit, is least offence, no longer do boys a llowed to continue ; this whisper and tremble fiercely does not mean that the group are when prefects pass by. Modem not aware of the evil, but they trends, wwards greater amity are not effectively immediate in relations between studen~. ,,. and open in their criticism. masters and prefects have Get a student to say 'No!' at proved useful but have led althe beginning and it will be That a Sense of humour is so to a greater tendency to? the devil's own job to tran~orm the most endearing quality a that bristling negative into an boy or a man can possess; that The rise of clans or groups affirmative. boys who losb their and when this quality is exploited of to the full, cheerfulness at work reason in larger wits, is the This is the day of dramatiza- results, and there is no room cause of much ill-discipline totion. Merely stating a truth is for punisbnent where there is day. The prefects have already not enough. Tl:e trut'h has to friendship between master and discerned that bad boys gang be made vivid, interesting, boys, and consequently a genu- together. The crux of this is dramatic. You have to use ine desire on both sides to help not tl:e idea of a clan itself but showmanship. Dramatize your in making the other's work a the attempts to imitate popuideas. lar concepts of tl:e violence assuccess. sociated with gangs.

The way to get things done is That there is so much to learn to stimulate competition - not in so short a time; that good In the face of a decrease in in a sordid, mean way, but in masters are hard to find, and the "fair image" of authority the desire to excel. Throwing that t herefore the students must and in many stages moving down the challenge is an infall- endeavour to take all tl:ey can Q.C. towards modernity, I join ible way of appealing to boys from such m.en. with the Headmaster in asserting that discipline must come of .spirit. 'from within - students must That masters are human after Make the thing you want all, and that they can be hurt teach themselve.s to behave vour pupils to do seem easy to by your ingratitude and your themselves. This is why I have do. refusal to make their hour~ at always felt that harmony beschool profitable and satisfyi_n g. tween the authority and the Be courteous, without r elying No. master will quarrel with students can bring about a deep on the cosmetics of accent or you or punish you if you make instead of merely a superficial ins ipid speaking. Finally, a your mind up to please, without rise in discipline. schoolmaster must be prepared being s ubservient, to do well Lastly, perhaps not only beto talk at great length - to talk without being mean. cause I am responsible for the himself out ~ doing anything Students' Association but al~o pr ejudicial to good teacrJng Tr.at loyalty to the things I practice and to talk the stu- have to do, loyalty to the com- because of what I have seen ot d ent into doing everything that munity of which I am a part, its great potential, I feel that the Association l:as a will improve his work and con- will not make me a misfit at Students' greater part to play.

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Student Court gives to students the sense of justice and exAnd this is what I learned For us it is as evening time which a court when I was a boy and am s till when vain and idle images blur propriation l earning now that I am older: - our perspective. It is !or us ta gives to members of a country.

T t-, at certain behaviour disrupts reflect on how eager we were Students are realising that it is the forTTI and every day dull at dawn, how active in the their own fellow-students who boys w ill try to run away from middle of the day, but how disapprove of their behaviour learning some new thing by in<,ufficient we usually, are at and so a greater solemnity and creating mischief or seeking to the coming of night. To put sense of shame is necessary for diver t t he tea cher from the hope in tl:e coming morn only the s uccess of the Students Court. les son he has in mind to teach. for it to pale by dusk is to dup- I believe in this Court and Dislirate our disillusionment, if dis- cipline Committee, than in anyTha t there must be one or illusionment it is. We need in- thing else, to raise the standards two boys in every form whose stead to perpetuate the morn or of Q .C. manner s will never make them m en.

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The Chef was obviously perturbed. He kept changing cigarettes at an a'arming rate, his hand running through his curly, sr.oulder-length, silver-coloured, silken hair, his pride as a youth - ever so often. Suddenly a metallic ringing permeated the tense atmosphere of his spacious, breezy office and the Chief pounced onto his telephone, which was under the direct control of his personal secretary, Miss Ping Wan. "Yes," hissed the Chef urgently.

"Send, agent NAR 7' 5%" has just arrived," reported Miss Ping Wan. "S e n d-h •i m-in-immediately."

"The words sounded like the fierce staccato gurst of a machine gun. He replaced the telephone and burst into the song "Ah Wanna Hold Your Hands."

Agent NAR 7' 5W' flashed Miss Ping Wan a wide-mouthed, cruel hynotic grin as he oounced on his way to the Head spy's office. Miss Ping Wan blushed but deep inside she felt a surge of satisfaction at being accorded such an honour. Agent NAR '1' 5 1/4" was the most feared of all spies a nd the only one with the licence to kill (NAR). Only few other spies could entertain a ny hopes of reaching such "wu'hering heighb,."

Agent NAR ambled to the door of The Chef's office, gripped the doorknob with t:is large, long, strong fingered hands, his biceps and triceps rippled as he gently turned the knob. Then with a swift twist of his body he flung the door open and burst dramatically into the middle of the doorway, his mass,ive hunched shoulders and collosal legs silhouetted against th e yellow of the hall where the Chef kept his briefings, with an ~mpish grin planted on his ruggedly handsome face. The Chef swung around, his cigarette-holder with h is n sin'o cos log tan xth cigarette for the day dropped from his mouth, his face suddenly paled then slowly regained it's or:ginal colour as the shock of his agent's unexpected bursting-in wore away.

"Sodium Robo, I am tired of teUing you not to burst into here like this. One of these days you will give me a heart-failure,'' chided the Chef.

Agent NAR 7' 5 1/4" grin widened as he thought: "I wish old crone can pop out real cool, daddio, so that I can enter his swivel chair.

"Sodium Robo, come take a seat." The Chef always addressed him by his name whenever something important was in the air.

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•·rt is my op:nion .. " continued the Chief.

"Who wan~s your opinion?" thought Robo. . " .... that one of our chief spies has defected. I do not think the culprit is either agent M. T. Eddy or BALANCE for they are all here today blissfully ignorant of the misdeedAt least that's what I gathered from my short talk

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with them earlier. This has left only one other - my deputy, BUP. Recently, I noticed he has been acting queerly and this morning he is missing."

The Chef ended l::is short leeture on an abrupt note and turned to a corner where he flicked a ~witch. Immediately a green light went on above t he door to his office.

"Clever boy, daddio," thought Sodium.

I n walked a man of medium height, bespectacled and with a !'lightly bowed legs. Robo quickly ran him over - long, muscular arms broad slooping shoulders and a thick waist, both results of too much weight-lifting with a b,own briefcase and a felt hat.

Meanwhile the Chef had lit an''Agent Sodium Robo, you o: her cigarette. should be aware that Speech Day is December, 9th. You "Good afternoon, fellaJ:s". should be aware that our ex- said the newcomer cheerfully in cellent security measures to en- an adopted American accent. He s ure the safety of our guests and looked around quickly and drew ourselves every year have frus- a chair to the Chef's desk. trated all attempts by the communistic organisation Saint S .

The Chef opened a pack of Laus to wreck this very solemn Bristol and passed it around. occas:on. This morning I dis- Both of them refused stat ing covered the v ault ha d been they smoked different blends. broken into and all our security The newcomer dived into hi ; plans have disappeared. If Saint top pocket and extracted a ViceS. Laus has it, you know what roy pack. From it he took out a we can expect. In a few days the a cigarette and pressed it bereputation of our institution, tween h :s thick, b lack 1ip~, noticed that t he eyes built up over some eighty years He w ill go down the drain and we eyes of the Chef were planted on his cigarette. Gently he placed may all be out of a job .........."

"Not me daddio, you," thought his hand on the inscription on Hobo. the paper a nd asked for a light.

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Then he replaced it bet ween his lips making sure the label was hidden from The Chef. Did he recognise the Bristol trademark?

The newcomer hoped not for the Chef would feel very hurt. At t'he same time Sodium started fidgeting. He felt his shirt pockets, then the two s:de pockets of his pants then las.Uy his back pockets. From one of them he

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a contorted mask of pensiveness, took it from between his tongue drew in some air then belched elouds of evil-smelling, black smoke into the office. The Chef straightened his back as though a mouth-watering aroma of stale black-pudding had just entered his office. The newcomer muttered something about the l\mer icans and their high-classed

ac:te o! getting rid of millions of gallons of sump oil ever y year. He will give you the rest _f the briefing."

Mr. Cop opened his suitcase gingerly and took out a bottle "Waaal actually in this bottle is contained a liquid, so to speak, that looks like rum, smells like rum, tastes like rum and is in fact rum only it is 16.9375261983 correct to ten decimal places, so to speak, times as strong as ordinary rum. All ~,ou have to do is track down agent BUP and entice him into having a few shots, so to speak. Actually U:at will be enough to send him stark raving drunk and the rest will be up to you. Good afternoon gents and see yah later." And with that Mr. Cop turned on his heels and high-tailed it out of the chef's office.

Agent NAR 7' 5 1/4" ro:;e to leave.

"Every is left to you, NA R 7' 5 1/ 4" ".

"Thank you . . . sir" He salut'cd and left.

Down in tl:e basement, NAR 7' 5 1/4" singled out his Big Ben from the group of smart looking Humbas. He wheeled it into the open all the time reflecting on the problem. He set off at a slight trot hopped on one leg bringing the other over in a wide arc. With a crunch he swung into his saddle. Immediately a loud clanging was t:eard and Robo felt a tremor moving through l:is sports model bicycle. With a curse he dismounted. His back fenders · were loosr: He bent down searching for the fault then cursed again and again w hen he found the trou ble.

The wire, strapping the fender onto the frame of tl:e bicycle had broken, "accidentally,'' he supposed, but deep down he knew someone, jealous of his position, was trying to .s abotage his \vehicle. He plucked out some strands, of false beard he had in his pocket and lashed the fender fast. This with a extracted slowly and with great tastes and fanned some of tl:e swear l:e swung into h is saddle care a crushed brown and wh ite smoke away with his fleshy causing the whole bicycle to pack. Opening i t he took out a hands. ( tremble violently. z z cigarette that looked as thou&h it had just encountered the Vene"Sodium Robo this is Mr. Cop A shy grin suddenly crossed zuelans on Ankoko. He stroked it from our chemistry research his s un-tanned face as he regently four or five times to labs. He is, as you should know, calls his adventure with Puppy straighten it then having lit it world famed for his experiment Galore the night before. He he placed it in his mout h. He in the breaking of sump oil could still sense the tingling drew a long, satisfying, stimula- into its various components feeling as she entwined her ting pull on his cigarette, his face thus saving the world the head(Continued on Page 10)

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fiasco (Contnuetl from Pas• t) silken-smooth, warm, perfumed, tapered fingers with .1-.is but like a fool he recoiled in horror causing her extreme embarassment. He could not bring himself to date her again.

He was ashamed of himself.

Suddenly he heard a loud bang corning from behind him.

In a f lash he l:ad steered his bicycle onto the parapet, threw himself out of the saddle and into the black, stinking w aters of the canal running parallel w ith Camp Road. He dived, kicked off his shoes, all the time wondering whether or not tl:e eunman had gone away or was waiting for him to surface and then pick him off. He played with the idea of surprising his assailant by swimming into the Forty-feet canal and trying to get behind him.

By this time, however , his ribcace was contracted to its utmost and his oxygen 5tarvedbrains was :etting dull so l:e decided to surface, at all cost.

Getting to the surface he tensed his body, awaiting the inevitable report and a swish as the projectible cut the surface uncomfortably near to him. But no report was heard, no inevitable swish and Robo began to wonder whether his assailant had gone away or was waiting to :et l:im in full view. Then .an idea .struck him. He got out of the ~nch, .crawled to his bicycle and felt the back wheel.

It was flat. He had suffered a blow-0ut. With a iligh of relief, he picked it up and started wheeling it home. He knew not why but sen sed that today was just not his day.

At 1:ome, he poured himself a very stiff "bush rum" and soda and downed it at one tulp. It scorched his throat and broucht h ot, eye-stinging tears.

For the umpteenth time he decided to curb his bad habit of a 1 c oho 1drinking. Already he was feeling its effect. He felt his intestinal muscles r elaxing 'and at tl·e same time a heaviness in his head. He closed his eyes and the room began to revolve about him. Then he heard an u rgent ringing, as though it was summoni.nf him to sleepdom.

He heard him say, "Shweetie

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John White Report ...

Balance to Omar: If you meet a problem like this in the exam you better pass on before you pass out.

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Balance to Benjie: (who got a distinction in -pure-ancl-applied Maths) Have you got over the shock as yet!

Benjie: No sir.

3alance: Oh, because I haven't.

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"Wrong? . . . Wrong? . . : Oh no . . : no : : : n o : : : no . . . no. Huh ... huh . : : huh" "Sodium Robo hear tr.is : "Hair? My hair? Oh yeah . . y eah. Its boo . : : boo : : bootiful, ma . . . ma : : : marvellous and the girls jest love it. Got it Don't you too shweetie Ha . . . baa . : : baa : : : haaaa" "Sodium Robo, this is the chef speaking, I am getting over to your apartment immediately. Hang up and wait. I'm coming." ··Sure : : : sure . . . I love you and you love me. Don't you shweetie. Ha . . . l:aa . . . haa : : : haaaa.

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very popular among the poultry Primo, found poring through circle. Fowls are induced to lay '·How to apply for admi.ssio~ to eggs when they see his head. a University" declared that after 20 years the zoo lab still holds 5th F ormer: Sir de thing too no future for him. hard Balance: Is not de Maths hard.

Tali admiringly to Primo: Sammy is contemplating preI s your head that hard.

Such a handsome "hulk"' of prosen.ting punching bags to Gauss toplasm.

Primo, blushing: That makes for Christmas. Declared Causs: "After all one must stand up for two of us, eh. one's rights."

Master to Charlie: Why are you so late for this class?

M.T. requesting entry fer the Charlie: Sir, I had to see the Modified Saloon Race was told: Principal.

M.T.'s battlewagon has ~n It is the policy of the Road SafeNizam: Yes sir, I can see it on commissioned to be used as a ty Association to reduce traffic his pants. tank on Ankoko. hazards to a minimum.

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Exclaimed Balance: No, no, don't. Let sleeping dogs lie.

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Queen's Cops S enior Benjamin S chools Championships shines in Senior School Venezuela Knock Out Cup Tourney Competition TABLE TENNIS

A look at football in Q.C

not ct>mparable with the attendance of school matches of the past. Apparently, boys still feel that a team can do without support, but this is quite wrong, for the player on receiving encouragement, will go all out to do well and this results in a general increase of good performance. It was my sad lot to witness after a recent match some boys heckling one of the players about his performance.

This can leave a :Jad imprint on the boys' mind. He will feel, I whenever he is called by his friends on the field that he · cannot do well, and thls is detrimental to our team-morale.

By McINTOSH S.A.

Tl:e most discussed top,ic about school today is the Dias Cup. The Dias Cup in the emblem of soccer supremacy among Berbice High School, Saint During the August term the Stanislaus College and Queen's Demerara Table Tennis As..

Collegt. It is supposed to be sociation staged three tournaplayed for, every year, but due ments for schools. They were to the misconduct of supporters the Girls Championship, Boys at the last match between (under 16 yrs.) Championship, 'Saints' and Q.C., it has not been and the Boys Senior Champcontested since 1963. ionships. Queen's College enTl:e start of this school year tered both the Boys Junior and saw increase_d efforts by the Colin Benjamin, runner-up Senior Championships and here football section, coach, superare the results. to Dunstan Critchlow in the reThis term, the annual Senior visor Mr. Perry and games' mascent Senior Championship.

Championship tournament ter to raise the standard of our SENIOR: proved himself one of the best (wl:ich Critchlow won for the football. Whether this has suejunior players in tl:.e country The cricket s~ason finished on We all In the first round of the com- 3econd time running), was run ceded is a moot point. when he upset junior stars in off. know it has stimulated a bit Sunday, 4th December, so we petition Queen's College was the Demerara Junior ChampThere were about forty three more interest in football, but now look forward to increased g i v e n a 'bye,' t h a t ionship. entries for this tournament. sadly speaking we have only attendance to scl:ool football is a f r e e pass i n t o As players from Berbice did Players in the tournament in- about iifteen members, who can practices by those cricketers the second round. In the second riot enter the tournament it cluded Hopkinson, T. Lee, round , Queen's had to oppose Critchlow, D. Benjamin C. 0 . make the school eleven. This i~ who play football. We have also was more of a Demerara affair.

Guyana Educational Tr.lM Clarke, L . Blenmon, Couch- bad, for it has influenced a few been told of a proposed tour to Bruce Edwards was the first members to be indifferent in French Guiana and Surinam by Cup favourite to fall to ''Benjie" College. Our team of Hopkin- man and Bourne.

U:eir approach to practice, re- a Guyanese schoolboys football son T. (capt.) Benjamin C. and It will be remembered that in the quarter finals. Playing t1,ee N.L. did extremely well to Ct ilchlow was beaten by Hop- sulting in our playing matches team and speculation is rife as at his best and chopping like win by five games to nil. In kinson in the last year's Handi- with a weakened eleven. Ou:· to how many boys can make it an expert, Benjie defeated this match our boys were at cap Tournament, but this team three matches for this season from Queen's College: We were Edwards in two straight games. their peak, and it was noticed Critchlow was determined to show this to be true. Q. C represented in a schoolboys' that their opposition was very reverse the result beating Hop- versus Treasury - Q. C. lost by cricket team, which toured the islands, so we hope also to be Meanwhile, another Cup much inferior in standard. kinson 3-2, in a match charac- 3 goals to nil: In the replay , we well represented on the football favourite Aubrey Baptiste had terised by its excitement and lost by 2 goals to nil: Against defeated School Champ CritchSince only about ten schools fine ball play, to move into the BGCC we drew three all. hav- side. low in two straight games. ing lent them three of our under Another point whicl: boys now ':!ntered this championship, the finals.

It was rumoured that first time that Queen's played, In the , ther section Lee, the 16 boys. On the one occasion discuss i'> our arrangement of Critchlow tried to play a fast was actually our semi-final rr.atch school's vice captain lost to when our full team played, we matches. The consensus of opingame with Baptiste, and he Thus. when we won this match, Benjamin, who disposed of him won 1 nil. This was against our ion is that we should have been did not take his time while we were immediately in the in 3 straight games. arch-rivals St. Stanislaus College playing competitive football playing.

Against the Masters, we put up since the start of our local footThe finals was an all Pilfinals. It so happened that we were booked to play cambridge grim affair as both finalists, a medicore showing although ball season. St. Stanislaus, on Academy in the finals. This Benjamin and Critchlow are of the score (5-1) indicates dis- the other hand, is playing in tinct superiority. This was a local competitions and is among match was not one of mucr_ in- Pilgrim House.

In the first game, Benjamin. match which saw for the first the top teams in the Dawson terest as Queen's romped home as easy victors, when the tact ician just pipped Critch- time more than twenty Q.C. League. So we all await the low. However, Benjamin failed supporters. The next match, in opening of the next season and Hopkinson and Benjamin outto win another game, for it which we were well supported our next venture, after a couple classed their opponents winlooked as though Critchlow was was the 'Saints' match but even years' absence, in local comning five games to nil. Thus, determined to fight it out. Ben- then our supporters were still petitions. by this victory Queen's College jamin played well, mixing his become the School Champ- game, chopping, then slamming. ion<; for Demerara and the but he could not penetrate Benjamin however,- -not b e Lie tor Sta ff extends its con- Critchlow who was playing his gratulations to Messrs. Hop- best. daunted by the school champ's defeat, went on to beat Bap- kinson, Benjamin and Lee for at tiste in the semi-finals. Unlike heir notable performances.

Critchlow, Benjamin mixed JUNIOR (un der 16) l:is game, varying his services, 20 Lombard & Harel Sts. Phone 4151 and in between the points he In the Junior section disasbaffled his opponent with well ter struck our way as early as placed slams.

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Nevertheless, he gave of his best and was cheered for his notable performance. He must be congratulated for this acheivement. He is certain to represent Demerara against Berbice • in the Inter County Championship.

It must also be noted that a former Queen's College boy.

Mr. Maurice Moore, won for the fifth time, the Nation's Championship Honour. We, the present boys of Queen's, are extremely proud of this old-boy, and may we strive to upkeep this standard which Mr. Moore has set.

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was eliminated. Our team of Blenmann and Bourne was not at its best, and there was a notable absentee in the form of Clarke (capt.) who found it totally beyond his control to be there on that day. Perhaps if he had been there, things might have been better, or even worse! The Lictor staff• encourages these Juniors (under 16) to continue training diligently and to remember that what ever one sows that does he reap. ~ This was Queen's Col'ege performances in these Championships. It is hoped next year that we may be able to carry bot!: crowns.

Critchlow, Hoplcinson called to trials ·

During the August holiday~ school captain "Hoppic" and reigning school champion Critchlow were called to trials by the Guyana Table Tennis Associadon. For this, we must congratulate t h e s e twc, very excellent p 1 a y e r s on their a c h i e v e m e n t in the game. However, both players were called unexpectedly, when they were lacking form. Both boys though · played "'"11 at the trials.

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C Y.O., G.Y.O.. St. Stanislaus, and quite a few other namely YMCA and BGOC. we also got 3 London, Cheddie, Baird De points for a walk-over against Frei~ as, Hales and Persaud were up to the time of writing. Again

By Dewar: Asst. Spts. Editor E.~.E. E ven tho:..gh this can promoted to the Northcote XI. our chief scorer was Robinson The Northcote Cup Competition is divided into 2 parts. who managed to amass 965 runs be called a creditable perlorm- Up t o the break we were playThe 1st half and 'he second up to the time af writing. Aaron ance we cannot pat ourselves ing quite well as a team with wit!: 327 runs, Henderson 222, on the back, for there is room skipper Aaron setting an exhalf.

In the 1st half we managed Moore 251 and J"obe 353 also for very much more improve- ample w ith the bat and behind ment. We hardly ever reached the wicket (in 7 matches he colto collect 4 points from made many runs.

Our chief bowlers were Geer total of 150 or anywhere near lected 22 victims seventeen West Demerara Estates five stumped The chief run-getters were G. 35 wickets, DeFreitas 19, Moore there Most of the batsmen get ca ugh t out w hen looking well set in Hales, DeFreitas, Persaud and 23 and Hales 12.

Here again our Robinson with 510 runs, Mr. Cambridge 2~2 and Mr. Isaacs lack of success was due to the the 20's and 30's. As is the case Benjamin were bowling quite (R.M.) 213. Others who made small totals which we made and in the first XI, we do not give well and the fielding was up our bowlers enough run.s to to standard. Then, there were qui te a few runs were Kirton the middle order batsmen made w i t h .

W h e n high hopes of attaining at least far too few runs even though p 1 a y 196 and Jobe 145.

1st break came in the 30 points butl the promotion In the bowling department Moore and Geer made more the rompeti ion. the most success- put a n end to t hese hopes. runs than expected from a numKirton was the chief wicket After the break the perform'aker with 27 wickets while ber .9 and 10 respectively. The ful batsmen were Aaron 334 r uns, London 211 and DeFreitas ances of the side got worse and 2nd half of this season we were C. Cambridge took 14 and Mr. 160.

Others w ro met w ith some the ~ielding in particular was trying to build a team so we ::ambridge 10.

During the 1st h alf our lack hope that next season we will success were Haynes 150, Baird quite pathetic. But by tl:e end very successful in the 123, Hales 112 and Cheddie 104. of the season we had improved of success was due mainly to be Tre bowlers were DeFreitas considerably and we hope ·o Nortl:cote Cup .

•he failure of our middle order This season the Wight Cup 38, Persa ud 21 both a re leg- do well next season. Before I batsmen who did not give our bowlers enough runs to play has had one of its most suc- spinners, Hales 10 and Benja- finish this article, may 'I mention that running bewith. Our catching also left cessful seasons in recent years. t"lin 11.

After the break the present tween the wickets has left n ucl:: to b e desired. At the end We ended up with 23 points of t he 1st half we lost the then 5 from Cosmos and 3 each from vice-captain of the school, Aaron rocm for much improvement. :chcol captain. Mr . Cambridge . . - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- · - - - ---------fr-o_m ___p_ra_c_t-ic_e_s__o_n_o_ur _ _o_wn

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ffouse Cricket Competition Round-up From D. Dewar Asst. Spts Ed. This year's House Cricket Season got off to a bright start with a hard-hitting 74 by Gaskin of Wooley against Cunningham, but the match was drawn, Richards making a defiant 59 for Cunnigham. Woolley then out pointed Moulder who had beaten Cunningham. But Wooley was then beaten by Durban and Percival, who eventually reached the final l:ly out pointing Woolley and Nobbs. In the other section Weston got tr.rough to the final by out-pointing Raleigh a nd Durban, very little need be said about the other houses whose performances were very poor.

The outstanding batsmen were Henderson who made a brilliant, fast-scoring hundred against Raleigh, DeFreitas who also made a superb hundred against Nobbs. Aaron who was the most consistent batsmen, played some fine innings including a match winning century against Weston in tl:.e finals Other batsmen worthy of mention are Gaskin, Sankar, Robinson, Cker all of whom made good score...

Good bowling performances were turned in by Persaud, a consistently good bowler.

Robinson, DeFreitas and Henderson also bowled well.

The finals was played on the 14th, 15th 17th and 18th Nov. between Percival and Wes ton.

Weston batting first on a hard pitch was always in trouble few of them being able to play DeFreitas, a good leg- spinner, well. They were all out for 129 of which their captain Haynes made 85, a hard-hitting and truly aggressive innings.

VOLLEYBALL REPORT

md Kirton. Khan, C. Cambridge, courts, players can practice at Heyliger, and Granger and also Burnham court in the eve" I saacs m · sep t emb er.

Two or three years a go, Akai were invited t o practice for nings. Thls enables them to ·ur. b tt · th 2 d half volleyball in Queen's CollP'!e lhe country. Our captain, Azeez, We d .d I e er m e n meet different and stronger · ht was very poorly representC'd. was awarded school colours at m d b eat th e G ·CC · · ou t rig ·, players. We intend later on to In fact we were only just al)le the end of the last term, being "Lictor" Interviews to find enough player s to torm the first person for some time invite teams from outside to . colours for volleyball. play "friendlies" and we intend Robinson and Aaron a sch001 team. Since then, to Wm ~t h Takm·g a look at our present also to invite players from things have Changed B · In an exclusive Lictor interd t O talent, there are at least nm · e other teams to take part in our Courts now have to b view, Robinson, tl:e opening bat e use practices. for the schoolboy's XI had thls accommodate the numbers who players from which our team t turn up to practices which are can be chosen and by the end There are three competit ions 0 say. held thr t· k Th of t'-.e school year 1·t 1·s expect- viz Cavalier Trophy, Frandec First of all t he team's failure ee imes a wee · e " in Dominica was due mainly to standard of ~lay too, has im- ed that enough d:t, the younger Trophy (for high schools) and olaying on an unfamiliar wic- pthr?ved considerably.. ~arlier players will have reached a the Melville Shield, which IS year we came th d th h1·gh enough standard to take should be played before the end ket. He said that the pitch was M ill ir m e _,. h Sh'ie.ld '>lack and when the rain fell it l e 1. v e. compe t·t· 1 ion over from the older ones, most Vil t e current school year and of whom will have left school. we expect to perform as w ell 'dd H 1 .d Whlch ls a Senlor Compe t I·t·o I n Jecame mu y. e a so sa1. for Georgetown clubs • A s a in them, if not better, as we Of course, there is always •hat even though t h ey 1ost m · did in the senior competition . . . B ar b a d os result of ;-provement· Thi· s earlier this l) omm1ca and cirew m . . performances in tl:;~ ..,_, room for ...,.. t.r.e tour was a huge success for ~omptt1tio; ;vo. membedrsT oJf can be achieved only by pracyear.

•'he whole team . They were ur ~ · . .zec= an . ' tice and competition. Apart T.J. A kai (cap tain). given V.I.P. treatment whereever they went and according· to him the largest crowd watch-· ,d them in Dominica.

Spea king of his failures Robinson said that r.e had played too much cricket before the tour and that he had run stale but even so the ball that bowled him in Barbados was a real beauty of an outswinger. In the islands he tried to please th~ crowd a nd lost his concentration, while at home he played On the second day rain fell a completely defensive game ,and Percival had to bat on a . which was out of character . The bad pitch but they batted very ,tandard of cricket in all the well and no bowler really islands was much the same he troubled the batsmen or bats- ~aid. man, I sl:ould say for at close Aaron said this about the of play they were 53 for 1 schoolboys tour to Barbados wicket and Aaron was 44 not :ind Dominica. He thought out, an invaluable innings by tl:at: the arrangements could ~ l one of the few batsmen who can have been l:etter for when they bat so well on a wet pitch . For arrived in Barbados they were Weston the f ielding was qui e sufferin~ from the after-efgood except for the grassing of fects of the vaccination t aken one or two chances but the in Georgetown. Owing to this bowlers were not penetrative vaccination the team could not enougl: to get the wickets. give of their best as they were The third day belonged to a bit sore under the arms.

Aaron who hit up a century in Net pract ice was also not arfine style. It was very much ranged properly. They arrived a singled- handed effort by in Barbados on a Saturday but Aaron who made 104 out of 148 the Oval was unavailable for (I a lead of 19 runs. Weston's practice on Sunday so that tl:ey lielding was far below stand- had no idea of what the pitch ard and they only have them- was like. They soon found howselves to blame for their de- ever tr.at it was a fast pitch feat. At the close of play they on which the Barbadians bat11ie CONSUL portable typewriter is simple, efficient and well.~ were 4 for 1. ted ever so slowly, crawling to Tt:e final ended abruptly on 136 in 5 hnurs. Aaron also felt structed. It i5 built to give you years of dependable ~ - . the fourth day owing to some that tl:ey were a few doubtful poor bJtting by Weston with decisions in Barbados. In DoGET A DEMONSTRATION NOW AT t he exception of Henderson wh o minica he said that the ground made 26. Alexander bowled was a bir small and that the well to claim 5 lor 15. Weston crowd was an appreciative cne. were all out for 61 with Per- He said that the;, could ha,·c c·ival needing only 42 runs to won the match it the wicketWHERE. BETTH. PRODUCTS COST L15S win. They got them in even keeper had not made so many time and yet' another house blunders. 07' the wl:ole he said Ie4-l06 Regent St. Lacytown Dla1 62111 cricket season had ended, that he enjoyed the tour very rather tamely I should say. much.

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