The QC Lictor - March, 1967

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Wednesday, March 29, 1967

Austin House Maintains • Athl et1c Supremacy by .A.ssista nt Sport Editors

P.M. urges boys ·to help themselves The annual speech day which took place on the 9th December 1966 was very succes$ful. Guest speaker was the Prime Minister, Mr. L. F . S. Burnham, himself a11 old boy of QC and t.he Minister of Eduoaition, Ml'5. Winifred Gask in, dis1Jributed the prizes.

Before the actual speeches were made, the QC junior choir rendered three enchanting songs \11,hich were appreGiated by the whole audience. The choir was direct ed by the Music m aster , Mr. McDavid.

HEADMASTER'S SPEECH The first speech was made b y th e Headmasster . In his speech he r elat ed to t he audience, the progress of the school during the past year both academically and in t h e field of sport. The advanced level irtude nts had maintain. ed their past record by r eturning a total of eighteen distinct ions and also by winning both of t h e Guyana scholarships. It. seemed, though that _the ordinary l evel standard is beginning to detoniorate bu11 better re.sults are hoped for at the end of this academic year. It was during this speech that a squib accidentially wen t off. The culprit later apologised to t he school for th e stir h e had caused unintentionally.

PRIZES After t he Headmaster's speech, t he form prizes were distributed.

Prizes were also given for outstanding merit in tlhe Junior and senior school.

P.M.'s SPEECH '!'he prize giving ceremony wa!' followed by a very interesting and forceful speech by the Prime Minister. This the head boy later commended as the best' speech h e h ~ hearo during all

the speech days. In his speech tor gets'. The P.M. sa:d that th. the P .M. had said that when he choice of ai profession is n ot for was at scr.ool a speech day was status but for the service it can always a memorable day for him bru:ig. He continued to say that because it was for this day t.hat ihere are not enough machinists he obtained his new clothes. and these are what the country Continuing hi& speech the P.M. needs. The Latin student is not complimenteld the school on its to be discouraged, he said, for percentlaige English passes which thou gh we need people of all was high relative to that of the trades, flhe country is in greater country's, but said that the school need for machinists. QC the must not boast of its glorious P.M. finalised, plays an importpast bull it has to move forward ant part in t he history of the and look forward. Now we are count,ry. It has produced great independent, he continued, we rnen of the country and it should should fit oursel ved into the continue to produce great men community in which we have to for the future generation. live. Queen 's College gradu-ates, CHAIRMAN he said, should notie the backThe nex1J speaker on the prowardness of their country and gramme was Mr. J . L. Wills who come back to h elp bu ild Guy ana. was chairman of the evening's 'l'he P.M. said that a QC graduactivities. Mr. Wills is a ret ired ate should look upon himself as j udge . of the supreme court , the salt of the earth, and should chairman of the Board of Gov help to build the citizenship of ernors and president of the old the country. He r ealised too that boys' associat ion. ln his speech the school needed a new fence :W.r. Wills thiank ea. the P.M, for etc. He said that we n eeded a lot his speech on EducatiOIIl and said of things but we must help ourthat this occasion will long reselves. He said t hat the Governmadn in our hearts. ment was willin g to provide us , with all the material t1hat we VOTE OF THANKS need but we the boy,s must get The chairman's speech was the work done. On every QC boy followed by the Head Boy's vote the P.M. said government spends of thanks in which he thanked $441 annually (BHS $324 and Mr. Wills for being chairman' other schools $200). and thanked , the P.M. for his Pupils these days, the f'..M.. speech. The vote of thanks was said in his speech to the boys seconded by Mr. Yhap, a senior want schol a11Ships because they master c1' QC, much to the dethink tihey will earn a larger in- light of the students.

Just before th e occasion came come or bring a better position unto themselves. The PM then to an end, three cheers were asked th,, question 'Is this 'the given to the P.M. and the Minway to tiuild Guyana?

I am ister of Education. This I prespeaking as an 0!4 boy of sume was because of the holiday Queen's and merely giving you which was given to the .students the thoughts in my mind'Several on the nexti school day. studen ts .study law because they At the end of the ceremony are afradd of competition, 'Why the audience was invited to visit do you want to be doctors? 'ls it the art room to siee an Exhibition to serve mankind or is ~t be - of art displayed by the QC stuca~e of the social status a doc- dents.

Our annual athletic meet wa.s held on the Georgetown Cricket Club's ground on Thursday, 9th March. Throughout the day the sky was overcast and intermittent showers of rain interspers~d with periods of bright sunshine was the general order of the day.

Our scl:.ool's first cross-country race for many a long year took place in the National Park, on the eve of the Athletic Meeting. Owing to this, not many of the athletes running on the morrow took par,t. Sit.ill there were numerous competitors at the start of the race but only five managed to complete it. At the beginning of the race competitors had to hurdle some oildrums, tr.en run up a hill, after which they crossed a bridge into Kelly Dam, turned into the ::lam behind the pavilion. They then c:::ntinued along the dam nearest to Thomas Road ran on to the Y.M C.A. ground, reentered the Park and finally ran a quarter mile which brought "tr.em to the end of the race. Browne of the Fourth Form was !irst, Daniels of the Fifth, second an d Aaron of the Lower Sixth, third. The only two other competitors to finish the race were Hopkinson and •..uncheon.

was won jointly by Austin a nd Raleigh House with 96 poii:nts.

Percival was third with 84 points.

The Under 13 Champion was Pollard o!f Woolley Hquse while Fox of Moulder stole the runner-up position. Corsbie of 'K' House dominated the Under 15 Division and Alleyne of 'B' was the runner-up. In U:e Under 17 Division Rodney of 'K' House was the cha.mpfon and Clarke of 'C' House occupied the runnerup position. The Senior Championship was carried off by Lewis of 'C' Hou se while Morrison also of 'C' House achieved the runner-up title.

At 5.30 the prizes were distributed by the Hon. Minister of Education Mrs W. Gaskin: The Lictor staff takes this opportunity' to tl:ank the SecrPtr av of the G. C. C. ground for the l oan of t'heir ground and to congr.itulate the GameSj master and Sta ~ on the successful presentation of yet another meeting.

Now to return to Sports Day. There was , march past at 12 30 p.m. and Mr. Hetram took tl:e salute. The Police Force Band provided the march-music At 1 p.m. the first event of the day was heralded by the report of the starter's gun. This was the 100 yards Under 13, it was won

by Pollard in the relatively slow time of 14 secs. Disappointing times were recorded in most of the races and no records were broken. All the events started on time a nd when the tea interval was taken at 2.30; Austin House was way ahead in the !'ace for the Championship Shield. At the conclUsion of t'he Sports Austin proved its supremacy in Athletics for yet another year when they had scored 222 points.

Woolley House provided the surprise of the Sports when they ended up second witr.. 154 and Raleigh third with 147.

The standard points shield

100 y ds. - Under 13 1 Fox-(G) ; 2. Pollard-(H) ; 3. Duff- (F); 4. Lewis - (C) - 14 secs.

100 yds. - Under 15 1 Burke-(E); 2. Corsbie(K); 3. Greene-(A) ; 4. Henry(L). - 12 5 secs. · 100 yds, - Under 17 l. B ovell-(A); 2. Hales- (C); 3. Fields---.(E); 4. _Clarke-(C).

- 119 secs.

100 y ds, - Seniors I Lewis- (C) ; 2. Glenn-(A) ; 3. Gaskin-(H); 4. Gordon-(L).

- 12 secs.

N 220 yds. - Under 13 1 Fox- (G) ; 2. P ollard- (H); 3. Walcott-(F); 4, Duf'f-(F) .

-· 28·2 secs.

220 y ds. - Under 15 1- Corsbie-(K); 2. Burke(E) ; 3. Benjamin- (F) ; 4. Greene -(A). - 25 secs.

220 yds, - Und er 17 1. Fields-(E); 2. Bovell-(A ); CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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DIWALI

THE FIRST IN A SERIES ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS••

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1967

The views exp-ressed by individua~s are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board and School as a whole.

EDITORLU BOARD.

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C. Rambarat Amin, K. A., Watson, E. S. McIntosh Clarke, L., Dewar, D. Gobin, W.W .

Wilson, K. E .

H.ickford, J . R. Chan, A. W. Mr. M. M. Drepaul

A popu]ar public holiday celebrated in this country is Diwali Diwa1i or 'the festival of lights' is a festival celebrated bv millions of Hindus all over the' world. It is a day of rejoicing and revelry, fun and frolic, prayer and devotion, for men and women, young and old. It is essentially a children's day, when they wear .. ~ w clothes, eat sweets a1 -.1 < t oft crackers much to their delight.

There is not a single Hindu home I which is not stirred into activity on tihis happy occasion.

ciatea with the festival, a.s on this day one of India's great Re101 mer;; Maharishi Swami Dayanand &raswati discarded his physical body and atJtained Nirvana 1 hearenly bliss).

EDITORIAL

FACT AND FICTION ABOUT QUEEN'S COLLEGE I have noted with utter annoyance the ever growing criticism that students of Queen's are no longer what they used to be.

It is, by all means, completely unfounded and grossly untrue and I thoroughly disagree with any implication that we have retrogressed during the last few decades.

Almost everyone we come across these days are raving that old boys of Queen's College have actually every top position in the country. And the way they say this suggests that we are no longer producing men capable of filling such positions when they are vacated. But I say this candidly. We are now producing men who are better in every department, in every respect than our counterparts were a few decades ago. Then Queen's concentrated on producing men of knowledge and knowledge only.

Today, however, especially with the introduction of Social Sciences, we are bent on producing citizens, ideal citizens for an independent Guyana; to put it in the Prime Minister's own words, we are now, only NOW, producing "the salt of the earth". And no wonder Queen's is now having competition from other High schools in the country. This is because more and more recent old boys of Queen's are taking up appointments with these High Schools and are disse~inating the training they received here to children in these schools.

IWe are told that never before has education 1 sports and athletics seen such a low ebb at Queen's. Yet the records show otherwise. Almost all the present records in athletes have been established during the past five years or so showing that our present day athletes are much better than our virtuous predecessors. Today too, our football and tennis teams are the best secondarv school teams. True our cricket team is only Northco te Cup standard, but we must realise that the standard of ~ricket has soared sky-high. And may I remind the educationists that the record of J8 distinctions in the "A" level examination..s has been returned twice only in 1965 and 1966.

I am sure that the criticisms will continue to be directed at Queen's for as long as it exists because a few who have not had the golden opportunity to attend this institution and who now hold fairly good jolis are bent on breaking our excellent record. Bµt I do h ope the public will be rational in dealing with any criticism<; aJainst us. hearing in mind the few statistics I have given above.

The .xigin of this • • .it festival is associate,, w.1b lcftnds c1.nct ue11e!s intersperse w1t.o rr .. n cust, ms a.:.ld tradi• i,ms. it is lOnnected wi1h the be;iulif.11 godd,ss L.Jt$u,1 U.e (}(ldc1e:ai, oif wealth. It is said that , 1 "SS Lakshmi rides around the world on • gold •n ,t ano on : 1k pay and will enter the nume!:> w1'1cn welcome her with ( t: la1 test array of lights.

Th1a le...tivaJ is relcb·ated also to commemorate the day when L 1.,I u t(rishna vanished the evil Narkasura. Krishna representing the forces of iOOd and Narkasura the forces of evil. So Diwali is essentially a day of 1P"eat rejoicing as it izymbolises the Yi<'tory of good over evil

cance or legend associated with the f8.9tival or more of its celebration it is an occasion common to all, marked with joy and merriment everywhere. It is a festival which fills everyone with exuberance and happiness. It is tihe day when broken friendships are mended and separated ones unite. It is a day of unlimited happiness and a day for large-scale family get togeth.ers. Diwali is a fesfilval of love.

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PARENT'S DAY This year's PARENT'S DAY was held on Friday 3rd March, 1967. As usual, invitations were sent to all parents or guardians ')f boys but the turnout or:i Parent's Day was very poor and this tradition may be discarded if attendance at future ceremonies is not good.

Parents attended morning assembly after whicr. they repaired to the classrooms to see what takes place in school during a normal day. At 11.45 they

had lunch with the boys who normally eat in school. They were also invited to visit the playing field after school to see their sons indulging in some sport or the other.

That evening an extraordinary general meeting of the Parent'I'eachers' Association was held to discuss matters surrounding the welfare of the school. The curtain was brought down at 7.15 pm. when a oocktail party was held in the dining hall.

TOUR During the short "Easter" vacation a party of about twenty boys under Mr. t Barton will attempt to climb Mount Ayanganma. Tl:e party will leave for Imbaimadai on Saturday April 8, by pl,an,e after whi~h theY' will walk to Mount Ayanganna.

This party intends Se(!ing some cave paintings made by Amerindians at Chi-chi Falls. The tr.:p will be very strenuous and the Lictor staff takes this opportunity of wishing them all the best.

The first Diwali occurring af te1 marriage i.s a profitable day for newlyweds who receive costly presents. The indulgence in fireworks on Diwali day symbolises the fiery weapon used in the war waged by tl:e Gods to sub..1uc the demons led by Narkasura.

There are many people alsc> who believe tha.11 th.is is the day on which Shri Rama returned to the palace from an exile 0 1 tourteen years conquer,ing Rawan the king of Lanka The emergence of Ram Rajya was celebrated Nith illuminations on that day, and it continues even to this day.

In the olden days, when a vie· [ torious monarch returned trium, phantly from battle to his kingdom, the people went to meet U,r conqueror with lamps and flares, and the town was illuminated in honour of the joyous occasion.

And so, this day is celebrated by illuminations signifying the joycu.s return of Rama to his kingaom.

Diwali aloo marks the beginning of the new year for Indians.

Members of the mercantile community worship their account books and open new account books and enter into new con· tracts and business.

Tnere are some more legends v.·hich give significance to thr festival of lights. In some parts of India, family ancestors are worshipped as they are said to visit their homes on this day. light's are, therefore, lit to shov. the lost souls the way to the earth. This is in fact not connected to India alone but it is widel~ ce]ebrated by the Christians community also, as the All Saints Day, when graves of the dead ones are lit.

In recenU years another histori cal event has co~e to be asso-

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The Exploitation of Man by Wlan

By Clement T. Chivcharan (L 6 Classical) Wh h the dawh of the twentieth century, an inner voice appeared to have whispered - this is the beginning 'bf a n era of phenomenal ae1vances in the life of man. Indeed, man's achievements have been so magnificent that we often ask ourselves, "Do we have a destinat ion?" We cheer when we hear that America has successfully launched a rocket or that' Russia or China has invented a modern agricultural machinery. But - how often do we pause to examine seriously this acute pi;-oblem of poverty which has, fer so long, been a menace to Asia, Africa and Latin America?

veloped world from operating in less developed countries. It is aimed at preve nting the financial power of the developed countries being used in such a way to improvise the poor."

COMMUNALISM The history of man has been the record of perpetual struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed. Tr.is started from very early times when man was constantly combating the hazards of nature. For him to survive, he had to hunt for his food, and his home and clothing were made from the skin of the captured animals. Tl:us the people experienced common problems and were subsequently compelled to unite and work in fraWe just can't afford to live ternity for the elevati0n of . 1 . h such a distres- their standards of liv:ng. As , a m· uxury blw en ult man b egan t o live 1n . a ~osmg pro em confront s our res . . . · t Wh t · tl Ciety, wh.ch though prunitive at socie y. a IS urgen y re- h . . . . f th t e trme, contributed unmensely · d · qUU"e IS an ana1ys1S o e . . . . d st· m fostermg better relationship . h . . . f orces w h .c govern our e m· I sn' t there any h ope f or th~ Withm the community. There. exies. . .

ISted, then, a system of prmuoppress ed, th ·e d own- trodden an . . . the undernourished? Is it tl:at h~e communalisrn, for the entire · h . d d th t~dl v1ilag~ assembled wr.en a hut we ave S$lne an so e wra , . ? ,...__ t . 1 was to be constructed or a well of God Is upon us. ~ram y n~. to be du .

The people of the three conh-1 g nents are poor because of a EXPLOITATION policy which has been intelliGradually, the need for the gently engineered and successexpansion of the community befully manipulated against them. came prominent among the asThis was clearly brought out when tl:.e deposed president of pirations of inan. Communities the West African Republic of began to meet, not with the o'ive Ghana said.. 'The result of neo- branch but with the sword in colonialism is that foreign capi- the village greens where fierce t al is used for the exploit'ltion and gosy battles. not infrequentrather than for the development ly ensued. The better side was of the less developed parts of naturally victorious and those the world. Investment under who were captured were subneo-colonialism increases rather sequently enslaved. Th.at was than decreases the gap between the beginning of this abominable tr.e rich and the poor countries era of exploitation; which has kept on plaguing Asia ; Africa th~ world. and Latin America without redThe struggle against neo- ress. colonialism. is not aimed at exFEUDALISM eluding the capital of the deGreedy for power and drunk

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with we wine of exploitation, the strong and courageous fighters, who were wholly r esponsible for the destruction of the commu,1al society, became wealthy land owners. However, those powerful lords, secluded in a well-defended castle, did hvt m any way 1.ill the soil, but the . entire cultivation of their expense., of corn and whE:at was dictatorially enforced upon the poor peasants - in a fashion characteristic of the late TrujJlo vt the Dominican Republic or t.he recently assassinated tyrant, Verwoerd of Svuth Africa. The peasants were una ble to rebel against the t'yrannical policies of their ma;,ters, and being anxious to eke out a living, they d con cientioudy on the wor ke s th fonne: . l t f e poso

Examinations ot the University of Guyana?

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By MR. N. K. ROBINSON The subject of teaching and :esting in Guyana is involved in this question. Today there are ,;ome examinations sue}: as the Primary Certificate Examination ;.nd Pupil Teachers' Examinaticns which are set and marked locally. On the other hand there are other exams like the College of Preceptors and the General Cer tificate of Educat ion Examinations which are set and marked by overseas bodies.

Quite naturally, the external examinations enjcy more pres.ige because the standard of their curriculum fa known and passes awarded by tl:ese bodies are universally acceptable. Thus, :nost aspiring students sit the ·Advanced and Ordinary Level G.C-E. Exams.

With the present structure of education in (puyana wher e . _.>a3ses at _ov~rseas _exan:iinations ·are th<> cn~ena for J~bs rn teac~mg, the Civ.l Service and big . fl h U . .t busm-ess rms, t e mveru y · · · .,f Guyana as a 1astmg mst1tution has an indeterminate place.

COLONIZATION Students who wish to enter u niversities overseas usually reThe development of society 1uir e three passes at the Addid not end there. Man's insati- vanced Level for entry to these able material desires prompted colleges. him to explore other avenues The University of Guyana adof boosting his financial status mits students with five '0' within the community. Incident- level subjects thus, there is a ally, money had tl:en been in- marked disparity in the take off troduced and he soon began to point for higher education becrave after it. The ruling class, tween Guyana and the United which controlled the capita' im- Kingdom and Canada.

What is needed is a re-assessplemented laws which were in support of the ideology of capi- ment and if necessary a comtal investment and free enter- plete revision of our educational • 3lructure. This must involve the prise - capitalism. creation of the University of

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Guyana (perhaps in conjunction with the U.W.I,) as the pinnacle of learning in this country. It must be authorized to set and mark examinations to make curricula, to select text books and generally to determine standards for primary, secondary and technical institutions- This is a national problem ~nd must be tackled on a comprehensive scale not piecemeal.

Unless standards are set and maintained by our highest institutions of learning it will n ot be accepted by Guyanese and its cert'ficates and diplomas will be rejected by those overseas.

Thus, it is pointless for students of any school in Guyana today to take University exams from our national University since the orientation of courses in the sch ools deviates from that which the University is attempting to lay down. The University attempts to design its courses specifically for Guyanese living in an underdeveloped society wit h specific types of problems- The overseas examinations had to be impersonal since they are set for a whole range of territories and little toncession 'is made to the region in which the candidates are living. At present the courses of Guyana university students and candidates for overseas exams differ not only in direction but in content. The solution as suggested is for the Univer\sity to be created as a national Institute of learning to which all other colleges and scllools look i'or a lead in research, curriculum development and standards.

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The wealthy capitalists formed a financial oligarchy known as imperialism, which aimed at tl:e building of an empire, the channel through which the raw materials from colonies could be exploited and manufactured in home factories. The result was exceedingly outstanding, since some of the prosperous countries, either by force of arms or by treaty, pocketed vast stretches of • virgin land in Asia, Africa and Latin America. A new era was 1 ushered in as the imperial coun- I tries seized territories far and wide - colonialism came into existence SLAVERY

Knowra on Every Continent To how many countries does Demba ship its calcined bauxite products in a single year ?

Five, fifteen, twenty-five?

In 1966, ships sailed from Macken zie with cargoes for manufacturers of abrasives and refractories in 32 countries spread all over the globe.

In 1966, Demba shipped the record tonnage of nearly half a million long tons of calcined bauxite to factories large and small making abrasive grinding wheels or heat resistant bricks and cement used in high t emperature industrial furnaces.

Some say that Demerara is famed for its rum.

True as this may be, thousands of people all.I over the world know of Demerara because of bauxite.

The lands which were taken were densly forested and peopled by numerous barbaric tr i b e s.

N everthe' ess, the soil was extraordinarJy fertile and coup1ed wi,th the fact ha it was opu 1ent in mineral wealth, the imperialists saw a means of feeling p ockets. Man was immedialely looked upon as a means to an end instead of an end itself. Men were brought from Africa and Aida to work in the sugar pla ntations of the West. Did thev receive a salary? You can be positive that no salary was paid.

They were slaves and were richly rewarded with kicks and indelible bran ds which were effected by the boots and the whips of their masters respec. I tively. Slavery became supreme and poverty and illiteracy were rampant. As a result of the advent of a few ardent anti-1 slavery individuals coupled with other economic problems which ·suddenly emerged , slavery was e.ventually abolisr.ed and a!ter years of exploitation, na! ;onal governments were el ected under adult-suffrage, in some territories.

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Photographic . Competition

Special Prize: Submitted h~· Rajroop of U6 M(b).

This photograph shows Milss World signing autographs for a group of Queen's College students. She had heard ' of the virtues of Queen's College boys and being a member of the Fairer Sex she could not oppose the magnetic impulses of Queen's. Gathered around is a group of Guyana's most handsome men (the pride of Queen's).

And as you can see for Special Prize: Submitted by Gobin W. \V. of L6M(b). yourself, Miss \Yorld was helpless (with laughter) at the smiles of Master Nurse and Whenever there is an international cricket match at oth,ers.

Bourda, 'bird-men' flock for a balconv view of the match. , - - - - - - - - - - This habit has caught on at Queen's"as you can s.ee from this picture. This lithe, athletic youngster is dodging the prickles on the cheese-and-br.ead tree to get the best v1ew of the practice match in which Cunningham House ground D'Urban into the mud.

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by Singh, R. (Form4) Long-haired sad.eyed, so calm in face. fair, Cross-legged, n a k e d, Human grace Can hardly encompass such divine gratitude.

His hair falls back, he delves in deep solitude Eyes nicker, placid countenance beams, Breathing stops, mouth froths in streams.

1st Prize: Picture suLmitted bv H. G. Rebeiro of L6C. The photographer has solv.ed prohlem that has been worrying the Headmaster all along: how come the school knows about half days as soon as (sometimes before) he does? Here the question has been answered but fortunately for the culprit (or is i't?) his face is hidden. But the Headmaster no doubt has a clue. His quarry is 6 feet plus. That leaves a few from which to pick the culprit.

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2nd Prize: Subrniltted by H. G. Rebeiro of L6C. This picture tells its own story. The Headmaster was about to commence his lat1n lesson in Upper, Middle, Low.er; Subterranean Sixth latin set when the class decided to cast away their Latin books. As you can see, the Headmaster needed lots of gentle persuasion before he leh the class - most of you will remember this incident in 'Schooldays Can Be Fun'.

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His Mother's bliss has completely turn enhance.

Unaware of his environment, he falls to the ground As his ego whirls round and round.

Mounted on a milk-white heifer, Descending with force on below He skims the land of the Gopies crevice, at lelSure.

I rise in the runnel of a moun. I enter a gorge, gurgle and swirl, The Gopies fall prostra te him tain crack, Sweeping through wtth foam before Trickle on the rocks of my and shire, As he transcends the world of stony track, Astral. lore Deriving water from melting Lulling, hissing, what a rave snow, I kick up in that sombre cave!

So over the . peaks . I start . to But I spurt once more on a The yogic trance of the cosmic world is over, 3rd Prize: Submitted by H. G. Rebeiro. This pitcture now, mighty gush, And I am freed in that crazy And he invigora tes himself in a shows the serious side of Queen's and the ·genius no rush, I gush in torrents down the mountain river. d oub t has the Guyana Sc · hoars I hi'p in view. · T his young mountainside, I chuckle and ripple, with con- Seated in the shadowy stillness of his Himalayan dwellings man, known to most of us, could not afford to lose a setent and glee Where no pebbles dare not hide, Washing an-' falling over pre- As I fall into the bosoms of the He attunes himself to the rhy- ) cond, losing hours pf studying (through sleep) during the cipice, eternal. sea: thm in the heavens.

1night.

by Singh, R. (Form4)

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W~'1neaday, March Z9, 1967

Message Irom the Chairman of the Students~ Association

,,- It h as been said that Queen's College is not now what Queen's College was, "once upon a time:" More and more p eople voice this opinion n owadays, and it would seem that more and more Q.C. boys are willing merely to resign themselves to this opinion, and . to do nothing about it· But we cannot afford to do this: th e accusation must be taken as a 'violent challenge, which ..affet:ts. Ol.lr stim ding and reputa tion, and which ult~ately affects our individual lives.

Our college, ( the oldest in Guyana) has a long t radition of greatness and nobility : now that this is cballen&ed, it is our duty, ar>d our concern, as inheritors of this tradi.t ion, to refute it firecely by proving. it wrong.•

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I fervently believe that the Student Association is the best, iI not t he only means by which we can fulfil this great task, despite the remarks of the cynical (and the lazy and indifferent), that is a 'fence.' But it is essential, if we are to be successful, that we all be involved in the attempt, and that we all play our respective parts. Right now several things need to be dcne: discipline needs .t o be improved, societies need revigorating, and we have before us the long-awaited project of an ind. er gymnasium-

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lt is wuortunate that l have to start on a melancholy not:e; but one can never over-stress the importance v! paymg up the S ,u aents' Aasooiation subcriptions.

It w surprising to note, ihat al~ tl101..gh the subscription is only twemy-hve cen4s per b~y, tnere are still a tew boys whv i1ct,·e 11.Jt yet paid up for the Christmas ·.1. erm. 1'he ~tuden.\<i' Council has ruany proJects on itS agenda tor t.hls academic year buc all of these ctepend on the financial support of the boys themselves.

Subscriptions only play a small p..rt. :i:our not paying up shows a very seirish attitude. Boys who have failed ih this respect are therefore asked to pay up immediately and are reminded that subscriptions for this term are nvw due.

One of the first duties of the council this term was to pull up ctecadent societies, A few societies seem bent on going down the passage of decay daily. Others had been so inactti.ve that it was wondered whether they ceased to exist. Now these socieites can ba helped; but t hey must assist tte council by submitting their rc.por.'.s •and on time ; to , h e many however which have been operating successfully we offer o..ir heru-tiest congratulations.

The Ex~cutive is willi>1g to plan and spearhead these proSo ·we hav,,. a task on our jects but this by itself cannol ~ands: to prove the greatness of ensure their success. It is only the college we attend: And the when the seven hundred and question that frrunediately aris- twenty-five Q .C. students put es is: How are we to set about their sr.oulders to the wheel to see these projects executed that this? they can be achieved, only then Though it is by no means the can we begin to forward our In an attempt to maintain our only one, a notable aspect of claims ,to 'greatness.' In short, t:. adi,ion in those ~ctivities which 'greatness' is the ability t o get the tools are at hand: it is up to involve the students more, the things done, t o achieve valuable us all to 'get on with the job.'

Students' Council hopes that it victories through one's vigour and ,\'ill be possible, between this determinat ion. ·A President like term and next term to bring off Andrew J ackson achieved i wo important events, a school •greatness' largely because he play and a school exhibition. To was a man of 'iron will,' the the former all students are ac'self-made man,• An d during customed.

The latter, however, is the Second World War, t he Brione which has not occurred at tish nation wer on the way to Queen's for the past eight years.

•greatness' when Churchill proTi1is is one event in whi~h all of claimed resolutely: 'Give ui; the the societies of tihe school can tools and we will get on wit h play a part. The . council is con. the job.' fident tr.at all societies, particuNow t hat we at.. faced with

By John G. Dennison 1:>t1blic larly tihe Science Societies will t h e task of proving our great- Relaflons Officer of the Students' participate fully in this effort. ness we have to look around to Council. see wh at can be done, and do it In a distinct attempt tCl help ourselves. We do not only have In a further effort to make the the school administration ~md to maintain a higl:. academic re- activities of the Studen~' Asso- maintain student discip1ine, the ro~d. We have to organise a ciation more widely known, the Stt!dent.9' Council had cause to school that runs more smoothly s1.udents' Council tihis term -apsummon five boys before its than any other that provides pointed a committee specially Court this term. This brings up more facilities and extra-curriconcerned with press relations. to twenty.two the number of cular activities than any other, Tl ds committiee is comprised of boys who have been summoned that has the most advanced and John G Dennison U6 Classical before this b o d y since it workable systems 'for maintainThe as chairman, with two fifth has been in operation. ing not only the students• disformers LaRose and Belgrave as court itself is comprised of two cipline, but also the students' assistants.

The 'following is the judges, the head and deputy head rights, In short, WP have to organise a college capable ot con- fit-st report from the committee. of school, two prosecutors, J. J, tinuing to produce mature and Indeed we are very grateful to Dennison and M. J. Dow, a judiresponsible citizens, well-pre- the "Lictor" for providing us cial Marsh arll. Heywood, and a pared to lead the community with a page for this purpose each jury. from which t hey come.

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But one cannot depart from this topic without commenting on some c,f the more unreasonable cr,i ticisms made about both the court and the system under which it operates. Before doing tl.is, however, let, me just mention, that the court is still in its e.iny stages. The ierillicisms voiced seem not to have taken this into account. The first criUicism is VVnh lodged by only a small minority, that students cannot be entrusted Wlith the administration of justice over their fellow students.

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much of the court's time may be Association: The office staff i,s wasted in superfluous wrangling wc,rking- overtime to try to finish them quickly. over trivialities. session !i:ts~s p.m.J , , ......v cuv..t.,,oi;e cast;S J.ll which 1c wowct be aeSoll'aJ:>ie, if not nee'""""""" .lOi' u1e 1.muc~ee1 studen1'. ~n.ut:«UY a

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have not come up against such cases . yet. In any case, the <1e.1.1::u._., counsel must be drawn from responswle Upper school 1t.embe1·s1 who are re<:ogn.ised as such.

The Students' Council has alv. ays tried to promo~e and en-

c01Jiage sport throughout the school. It will be remembered that last term the cou ncil presented two pairs of boxing glovl:!.; to the .r.eadmaster to start the Boxing Club, Mr. Perry is t he supervisor for this club and h..:? has already secured a coach for members\ of the club.

But perhapS1 the proje<:t wh1ch s cL1sv a general appeal is extracting most of the resow·c" · • .sit: J,J,·uc=umgs of t.tle court es of the council fa that of our .,. " " m ..u., puoilc. w nile we are proposed Gymnasium. The arrivm p,·mcipic wn<Jleheartediy m · al of the long aw~i.ed gym cata.__.•,-..u· vi .ru.s, we s.hall hardly )ogue reveals that we will need coi.:s.LOer h conau1.:1ve to the ef- about $1,000 to make a sta'.1.r.

There are certain pieces of equip1,1.1eucy anct integri1q of the ruent which must. be imported coun until scudents are prepared LV conduct themselves in a more and these are among the more • ._J.,.v..., w1i; aau c..ecurous manner ,expemrive. They can be removed vu . .."'"'" .... ~casions. S.:> far t h ey easily and so can be set up into nave not. 'lhere was the unft>r- our Dining Hall. That however iunate incident of an irrespon- is not the · problem. We need sible section of the school which m oney. If all of the subscriptiorus ·•·v~- ~u wnt::n d stuuent nad to for this term and next term come apologise to the entire school, so m we will have for a s'.art $350. ,w .. rng a grave matter into a • Added to this is the very welfarce. Nevertheless, we are con- come donation of 11:50 frr m <'w· sidering making our next court Games Master. If the Student asslzesJ public.

Exchange programme cannot be started immediately, we will At the same time too, boys are'\have a furbher $100. re1ninded that if t:hey have any . , problems or grievances whicn It 1s our nope that our scn0vl they would like to bring to the societies will come forward anu attention of the Students' Coun- offer some help to raise runcts. cil or tl:e Students' Council Ex- Through the lJramat.lc ~0C1e.y 1 ecutive,, these can be communi- the Students' Council is hoping cated through their form repre- to produce a major play. Mr. sentatives or, better still, through Locke, our Art Ma~er, has aotiheir focm prefe<:ts. It iSJ by far 'nalted' a painting foir• use in a better tp know the right thing raffle. The Beekeeping Society and behave accordingly than to ·has promised to donate its en.ire be accused and 1.>hen p lead igno- ta.kings from sale of honey this ranee. ' term. Negotiatfons are now underway to have the Musical So::,.muarly if they have any sug- ciety put on a concert of some gt-s wvns for the improvement sort next term. Above all we u1 ,he aaministration, these too are depending on the donations can be communicated through of all t he boys, forms and s.:>e1~her o,f these media. Remember, cieties. We cannot, in fact, we vtle Ot ihe chief aims of t'he Stu- will not, let, this project fail. We dents' Council is to improve, the would appre<:iate if all socie,.ies relationship between mas~ers and and forms were to hold meetings boys. Your help in this respect is now to determine in what way they can help so that when resolicired. presentatives come to the next Durmg this t erm. the Students' Students' Council meeting on the Council made an attempt 00 start 16th March, tihey will k in a a Student Exchange programme. position to make a statement. I This was to take the form of one do not tlhink that boys need any our boys going over to one of stimulus to encourage them to the schoolsi in the West Indies for make an effort. After all, thi,s is a term to study and compare the for the benefit of all the boys two schoo~· curricula .. Simult:an- of Queen's College. Let us make eou&ly, one of their students was this a project. to which we can to spend the same period with Jopk back with pride in future. us for a similar purpose. This is a .. Please help. commendable effort butl there are - - - - - -- - - -- - -ol,vious problems. Accordingly, our council wrote Queen's Royal College in Trinidad on the matter.

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'!'hey have since replied stating foat the matter was engaging the attention of their Ministry of Education. They have told 11S nothing so far about accommociation etc. We have since replied', that we would like to hear som(!thing more,and quickly too, ,ru; we. were anxious to get this over. ¥.re are now awaiting their reply.

It should be mentioned that if this scheme is wccessful, a candidate will be chosen from the Lower Sixth, as this form .is considered the best suiteid for such a scheme. Our treasurer has already pull aside $100. for this.

In the first place, the cases so far are not of a nature that deAlso this term it is hoped that mands (or permits ) much de- each boy will have his co,py of fence, and, in the light of th is, foe constitution of the Stuclents'

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F. I A S C 0 Sodium Robo let the phone slip from his hand and it fell with a dull thud to the floor. He remained motionless on the floorA 'few minutes later the Chef arrived in his green and wbte Zephyr. He rushed to the top apartment of an ageing, shaking house where agent NAR 7' 5 14 ·' had his hideout. He tried the doorknob and found it did not turn. He rapped urg..ntly ort the door, once . . -twice . . . but there was no reply. The Chef was now certain tr.at his ace spy was in trouble. Using his shoulders to good avail, hP had soon reduced the door to matchsticks and was bursting into the spacious unfurnitured hall. There he fo~d Sodium fast asleep on his back the telephone lying nearby &nd a strong smell of alcohol in :he air. The Chef licked his lips. HP turned, ran back to his car and armed , himself with a bottle containing a light brown liquid. He uncorked the bottle and held it under Sodium's nose.

Immediately the spy started to stir. His eyelids flickered, a moan ·escaped his lips and he sat up his head in his hands. Tt:e Chef stepped back and looked at his spy with admiration.

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a shudder run down his spine and his stomach turn over when he eyed the alley-way down which he r.ad to pass. He looked right, left, then right again, and seeing no one he tip-toed into the alley-way. He stood in a torner getting his eyes accustomed to the dark, then moved on. Suddenly he felt a slight jar by his toes and this was followed by loud bangs and clangs. He stiffened. ·Tr.en, from out of a corner came tw:o marbles, glinting fiercely in the darkness, towards Rcb.:i. He spun on his heels and bolted out of the alley-way When he was almost out, he slipped on something very soft, probably a lump of mud and fell headlong into blackness.

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place. Puppy seemed to go awarding Sodium a long rest berserk for she began peeling vacation and much to his deher hair and face skin off, And • light he heard ;lgent' ADA l:ad lo there was agent ADA stand- applied tor hers. aU 5' 7". Robo gasped. on him · .

"I takes orders from nobody but m~ boss,'' replied PRIMO. ''Do as he says, PRIMO", commanded MT. "All right boss-"

P.S. It seemed as though "Yo~ too in this," demanded Saint S . Laus did get wind .of Sodium. our security measures for no sooner had Speech Day started "No said ADA, ''but it is a than a loud bang was heard. Aclong story. Probably the Chef cording to a top security rewill tell of it in more detail release, no damage was done.

It was a week later that he The culprit was trainee sp.y heard tl:.e full story. The Chef R.R.L. After extensive investiwas worried whether NAR gations, the security department 7' 51/4" was worth his salt (due disclosed, '!It was just a prank to persistent rumours that his and we have found that trainee spy was washed up) so he plan- spy RRL has no connections ned the whole set up to whatsoever 'With Saint S. Laus, t est the cal 1'b re of h'1S c h'1ef So once against we were able to agent- The Chef ended u b stump them."

PRIMO extracted a pair Of sunshades from his pocket and, . t the donrung them, s t epped in o I' ht Fr t bl b . spot ig · om ~ a e near Y he , took what . appeared to be a feat~ery obJect and approached Soc:Hum. NAR was totally unP Y ., prepared for what happened n~xt. PRIMO gingerly took off.- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : : -

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Sodium broke into peals of

When he came to, he found himself belted onto a cold, hard corrugated surface, staring into a spotlight. He blinked and turned r.is head sideways. In the darkness he discerned three figures, two of medium height and built while the third was tall and muscular. One of the objects appeared to move towards him. It mate.rialised into BUP!

laughter which was so funny to BUP and M.T. that they too were soon sniggering: PRIMO, though was in his usual ugly After ¥eing Austin lose tlheir temper, rudely sucking his teeth tug, M. T. was overheard telling as convulsion after convulsion his boys, ''Man you did not use seized Sodium, your notochords."

''Permit me to introduce to you I'ny accomplices MT and his assistant PRIMO," said BUP to Robo as he turned towards the other two figures. Into the light stepped MT closely followed by PRIMO. Robo spat but tr.e lump of saliva fell back onto his 'face.

Everyone was so engrossed in tt:.e experiment that no one noticed a robust, bespectacled figure calmly step ~ut of the shadows.

''Black Mule this time," said the Chef as he eyed the bottle lovingly. A label on it declared proudly, in g9ld letters, "Black "Want me to wrap this sof' iron round he head boss, ' asked Mule Wl!islcy."

PRIMO in a gruff voice. MT "What brought you?" asked managed to festrain him.

Sodium. ''What brought you here?"

"Your assignment, replied the asked BUP. Chef' "Agent N.K.R. 7' 6~ii" (abdominal dimensions) has found "To see your handsome face," the whereabouts of BUP. He is retorted Sodium. staying in a warehouse next to the "Nugget's General Store".

"Well, well . . ." muttered MT. He is there waiting for you. Don't "You won't talk, eh. In case forget Cop's liquid. you don't know it, we have apparatus in here to make things ... " "Organisms," corrected MTRobo jumped up immedlately"like you talk".

He stretched and yawned. He dressed hurriedly and asked the "Sure, sure but I'm immune Chef for a lift to torture," said Robo.

The "Nugget's General Store" "You see when one is struck was a large, grey building, the bottom of which had a shop long with a certain disease t:e desince closed to business, its blue velops immunity to it. Now thill shutters now pale purple. Divid- immunity maybe .. · ing it from the warehouse was a "All right man MT PRIMO, dark, "filthy alley. Sodium felt I want you to administer some

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"Ah don't know wl:y dey don't gie me peace - is only peace ah want," muttered PRIMO over and over.

"Stop this nonsense, will you," he said calmly but in a clear, distinct tone. BUP and M.T. jumped in surprise, PRIMO sucked his teeth and muttered: ''More trouble - trouble all de days of me damn life."

Soduim looked in the direction of the voice and whooped with uncontrollable joy, "N.K R 7' 61J/8"!. Never have I been so overjoyed at seeing such a hideous personality."

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The only culture Primo has N-ardat Js at last able t,o study ever cultivated is a euglena one. till two in the morning. The only cat.ch is that his studies take the form of wondering what he will do after the Easter examinations.

One day, Neboo, a former Deputy Principal of Queen's and now a professor of the University of Patch to L6M(b) I was born on Guyana was passing by a gospel meeting and he heard the .speak- a bright, shiny Monday morning. er shouting at the top of ~ voice, "Christ is the answer!"

Neboo stopped his jalopy and Balance to Mousie: Is wha-a~at inquired of a listener "What is division you running in? the question?"

Mousie to Balance: ,Under . 17 sir.

Balance: Like they working dis thing by weight.

Soloman to M.T.: Sir, if the amseba withdl:aws all its pseudopodia, what h11ppens then?.

Heard tha t a certain member M.T. to Soloman: Simple, it has of L6 M (b) has never bought a no pseudopodium, that's all ! cigarette yet he chain-smokes.

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"I always told you NAR, you suffered from superior complex.

PRIMO, my good .man, will you kindly bind and gag your comHeard that when Nardat threw patriots-" the cricket ball, smoke came out PRIMO smiled. To be called of his hands and so he could not make the standard. a compatriot of M.T. was more than he had ever hoped for.

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"I takes orders from nobody but me boss here," said Primo indicating M.T. with his head.

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M.T. to class:- I want you to tell me how is it that df I dig a hole, a few days later it wiL conW.W. Gobin was voted Mr. "All right, we shall have to tain fishes Q.C. 1966. Heard that he now has stiff competition for M!r. Q.c. do it the hard way, eh my \\ 'ardie to M.T. ·:- Sir, they will 1967 since L·R. Gibbs has regood man." come underground. . . turned to 't he Physicslab."~ ~ ~ N.K.R. 7' 6 1/8" (abdominal measurements) calmly approach- ~llllllllllllllllllfllllllllflllllllllllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllflllllllllllllllllllltlllHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIJllr ed a table and picking up a § bludgeon dealt M.T., BUP and PRIMO several blows on the ~ brain box. PRIMO had to feint that he was, unconso:ous, for each of the five blows did really hurt although he was being hit on the head.

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"Puppy!" gasped Sodium.

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Let us first start by collSlidering the reason for tihe nausea we suffer on making our first acquaintance with tobacco, and to do th.is we must firsb know its nat ure.

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According to medical men, conquering the smoking habit is, 220 yds. - Seniors High Jump - Seniors 5' 5 1/4" · (C ) ; 2· Gaskin- (H) ·• 1. Abrhams (H ) ·, 2. Morrison 1· Lew~ smok ing raises the blood pressure '·Oh, I haven't the willpower to e normously by causing a contrac- give it up," and "Anyway, it's 3 Glenn-(A ) ; 4. Mcintosh-(A). ~i~ 3. Taylor ( B ); 4. Benjamin

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tion of the blood vessels and thereby bringing about vertigo and palpitation. There is no doubt whatever that smokirig dulls the appetite, for when the habit is conquered one marvels at the la rge amount one eats ii'n comparison to what wa.s consumed before. Decay of teeth and chronic inflammation of the tongue and throab are certainly among the results of smoking, and cancer of the lips, if not 11 result of smoking is at least most common among smokers.

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irrefutabl<> evide~ce that ~ontronts us all r:aarding th; se;oos consequences t can a en excessive smo_king, the_ need _ to stop the LSmoking habit lS now of paramount and vital importance to every person who is a slave to nicotine.

Those persons who say they have not sufficient will power to stop smoking are quite wrong and they know it. It is not: a t all a questt01D of will power, but one of simply making up one's mind to S'lop. One must banish all the negative thought and excuses and cultiva.te all the positive ones he can bring t o his aid. The greatest and most helpful thought, one can foster is this: " I am master of myself," another is "I will not surrender my per.sonal control of body and mind to a ridiculous addiction.

Scientists, physicians and others are unanimous in pro.. nouncing the nicotine of tobacco a s on e of the most d eadly poisons known. With the exception o! prussic acid, no other poison will cause death so quickly. Tobacco belongs to a class of plant life which incllldes the most poisonous, among which are bellad onna and hanbane. The p oi.sonou s properties of tobacco are due to the presence of nicot ine, a heavy oily substance. The amount of nico.

Let's move on to the question t ine in a pound of tobacco ic:; es- or how to prepar e for your cure' tim ated to be on an average 377 No "antidote" or similar metgrains and when we Jmow that hod can of itself cure the smokone-tenth of a grain will kill a ing habit, this must be realised dog in three minutes, we can definitely. The cures,'' so-ea.lied, realise what a deadly poison ni- attributed t o advertised remedies cotine is. The sm oke of tobacco, are due, in the m lin to nothing in addiflion t'o nicotine contains else than "suggestion" and autovat'ious other poi.sons, the most suggestion." So many peopl~ deThere can be no question but important of which are pysidine, pend upon oo1'side aid, not reafurfural and carbon-monoxide- Jising that they have their big- that the smoking habit is a ridiThese are all deadly p oisons gst assistance in them "selves." culous one. It has nothing whatwhen administered in any other Tr.ey buy the 'remedy' believing soever to offer but poisoning than minulle quantities. they will be cured, and with that slow poisoning of one's entire Ndcotine, in proper doses, acts belief, their case is more than self. That is a realistic view. In as a powerful stimulant, its stim- h a]! cured. The number one es- clo$i.ng off, I simply ask all ulating effect being followed by sential for the person who de- smokers to analyse the subject dc>pressfon, and it is this stimu- sires to give up smoking is to for themselves, and \Pm sure that lation, more or less unconsci~ stop the wu-ealistlic hoodwinking they cannot help but arnive at a ly felt by the smoker which. ol himself that is exceedingly nwnber of conclusions that add makes smoking so a.ttTactive and prevalent with smokers. Ahnost up to one fact: "Smoking is an seductiv e. But the chief reason . invariably the remarks made by absurd and entirely useless ha,.. why cigarettes do so much harm smokers when t!hey learn that bit." is because of the inhaling habit.

When a cigarette is smoked, carbon mon ox ide is formed. If this is inhaled, it combines with the haemaglobin of the blood. Smoking twenty to twenty-five cigarettes a day can give symptoms of tobacco poisoning. Nine perIn th e world of electronics to pin-head size. The "composons out of ten would never berevolution . is . taking n ents" within are physical part come heavy smokers if it were another place.

For over a decade, the of a s~licon chip, insep arably not for inhaling the smoke. Some . · 1 y tran sistor has been hustling connected to each other indeliberately inhiiile, whilst others he bulky vacuum tube along tegrated- They are formed sido it unconsciously by allowin'.g e roa:i to obsolescence. Now the multaneously on and in the the cigarettle to hang · on the lip transistor seems about to make chip. There are no leads to snap while breathing throu~h the he same journey with the inte- and none of t he " components" m ... uth. ; 1a ted circuit doing the sh oving- can be removed without desXow comes the question of · n integrated circuit or IC is a troying t he entire IC. Because knowing when one is smoking iny waver of carefully pre- an IC i s an invisible structure, excessive1y . Generally speaking par ed silicon, an almost invi- it is inherently far more reJif a man smokes 3 or 4 cigaibl~ ch i9 that could slip liable t han any multi-comporettes a day, or a couple of pipes, through t'he eye dt a needle nent circuit. No matter how . he can safely be described. as a with room to spare. A single many components an IC cont am moderate smoker. On the other tiny chip is tl:e electronic equal it acts like a single semi-conhand, shoUld his consumption , f a score or more of transistors d uctor •component. Also th ere t h·is quantity · · t er-connec tions to · amount to forty cigarettes daily, a n d t w1ce of the are no in · ·t , no so1der Jom · · t s to · component s of sh or t -c1rcU1 he would, if an oaverege man, cer- o th er e1ec t r oruc · ·t. Th.lS corrod e. n . al circw tainly experience trouble of a conven t ion · ht ·t · b Th IC · t th f one kind or another, The only m1g seem qui e amazing u t e is an ou grow o a · more 1·t cost s much 1es~ t en year process d eve1oped for d e f i n i t e way in which wh a t ts · · re- making h igh-frequency t raru;isto t e 1 1 whetl:.er smoking th a n th e components 1t · · is overdone is by the re- places. tors- The b as.tc l·d ea ls sur· t egrat ed c1rcu1 · ·ts are pr.LSmg · · 1y sJmp · 1e. F rom the ,e1ecsome m •ul' _ on the .vstem, of when the ..arms '"" are held~.,out horizontally in use d a s amplifi'ers; some as os- t romc · componen t s of alt erna t cilators and some as a logic cir- ing layers of N-type and P-type front of one, with the fingers of cuit in electronic computers. In silicon all within a tiny silicon the hands outstretched, they sh ort t h ere is an IC for almost chip. N& P-type materials h ave tremble, even a little, it would every circuit function. different electronical characterindicate that one's nerves w ere Dlfferent parts of the neat istics and are made by introducnot steady, and nerves are most geometric pattern on a n IC's ing appropriate chemical imfrequently aftected by excessive surface correspond to resistors purities to tl:e silicon crystal smoking. In brief it would seem capacitors, diodes and transis- structure. Transistor s are made that the whole question as to tors. But an IC is not simply fr om a three-layer sandwich to whet/her a man smokes too much , a conven tional circuit shrunk ·f orm the familiar NPN and P NP

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High Jump - 4• 9 1/4" Under ,15 1. Taitt ( G); 2. Akai (C); 3.

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Lu ncheon (D ); 4. Khan (I ); 2: 19.4 secs.

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Three-Legged Race 1. ~1tchell Sta nley; 2. Adams White; 3. Edwards Henty.

Medley Relay 1. Wooley ; 2. Austin; 3. P ercival; 4. Durban.

120 yds Hurdles-Under l'1 l· P lummer (B ); 2. Clarke (C) ; 3. Trueman (K ); 4. Hoyte (L ) ; 18.7 secs.

120 yds Hurdles - Seniors 1. Morrison ( C) ; 2. Haynes (F); 3: Mc Int osh (A); 4: Luncheon (D) · - 17.2 secs.

TEA (2 30 - 3-00) INTERVAL 120 yds Hurdles - Under 15 1 Corsbie ( K ); 2. Shepherd (C); 3. Henry (L ); 4. Walters ( E ); 17 secs: 440 yds - Seniors 1. Lewis (C ); 2. Gaskin (G ); 3. Grant ( C); 4: Morrisorr (C ) ; 54 2 secs.

440 yds - Under 1'1 1. Rodney ( K ); 2. Clarke (C); 3. Klass (D ); 4- Massiah ( B); 5t! 4 secs.

440 yds - Under 15 1. Benjamin (F ); 2. Husbands (H ); 3· Walters (E ) · 4. Forsythe (H); - 62.8 secs ' 440 yds - Under IS 1 Fol: (G) ; 2. Walcott (F) ; 3.

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The Mlle - Open 1: Nelson (C); 2. Rodney (K); 3. Richards (K); 4. Persaud ( C); 6: 29:4. secsField Events completed -on School ground Long Jump - Under 13 1. Polla rd ( H) ; 15 ft. 3% ins. 2· Walcott (F); 3. Fo x ( G); 4: Mitchell (B ) ; Long Jump - Under 15 1. Cor sbie (K ): 16 ft. 3% ins 2Boxhill (H ); 3. Greene (A ); 4Akai ( C);

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Wqdnesday, March 29, 1961

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From the start of this term, members of the foot bal1 squad w.ere 'rearing' to go 'into prac•tice again.

On the first afternoon of practice, every member of the squad turned out, both senior and junior.

Coach, Mr. Stanley Moore, said that this was a tine start and ~ turnout was a measure of ·enlhusiasm, then he had no doubt that football could get well on its feet again. How true ·this prophecy!

-he was to see Q.C. p lay un~ beaten up to the time of writing.

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So far our top goal scorer is David Couchman, who bas bagged nine goals.

"Couchre" will long be remembered for his performance in the Central match, when he scored five of the eight goals.

Likew.se his performance in the Saints match (both goals) will• not be e asily forgotten. Mr.. Perry our super-

F or these past few weeks, the fleeted on our poor: showing in dining hall has been resounding sport. with the thuds of bodies fallutg on the big mat as It is also pleasing to note the t h e newly formed judo club vastly ,j nproved attendance at goes through i.ts paces.

This school matches by members of judo club was starred by the school.

These last .few Mr. Sankies, wh 0$e brother, tomatches in which we p 1ayed, gether with Mr. Lawrence Van we were well supported.

It should be r emembered that Sertima, coaches the boys every England won the World Cup Tuesday night from 6.30 p.m . The mostly on account c,f home first squ ad consists of about backing.

Therefore let Q.C. twenty. e ager young men, wh o win its matches backe d by the all hop e to become experts of the art. Already t wo or three whole schoo 1• boys ha'Ve made their judo suits, Sports Ed. which cost some fifteen d ollars,

visor has started a second ele ven, which played :ts fi~st match against West Ham. United and lost 1-3, but they have the spirit and with grooming, there is no doubt that they w i1 l get Our forwar,ds started bad'y, far in competition.

- - - -.:c·. with no purposeful comb.nation, but after a few matches In the Under Sixt~n division, things moved and we saw a few the pattern is much the same.

There should be more students does need practice for on~ has matches of most precision pass- They have scored 13 goals as ing.

This was in the match against 3 in 3 matches to realise playing volleyball than the gal- only to look at the results cxf the concluded Melville against Central High school an average of over four goals lant few, who practice twice a recently 1 Shield Competition.

In section whom we beat eight goa s to per match! Their forward line v:eek. The interest in volleyball one. Big wins ' seemed to be the is playing well and is ~upported in QC iSi beginning to show one we were drawn against the weakest teams or so we thought motto among our p · ayers, for up by a strong defence.

SQ far signs of dwindling. Probably, to the time of writing we scored they h ave won their three this may be due to exams, but until we played the Gems, where in five matches a total of nine- matches:- vs. Central (5-2); surely those taking exams can we saw the advantage of purteen goals: an average of nearly v s. Tutorial (3-1); vs. sa·nts devote one day a week to prac- poseful practice as displayed by four goals per match; Also the (5-0) end their victories have tising? Recently, the boys in the the Gems. Here was a side, which average against us was th made them firm favourites to volleyball section have succeed- was beaten by QC last year, ycl best since I have been in school cop the trophy. (Top goal scor- ~ in getting Mr. Lennie Shuf- this year they completely out- only three goals scored.

A ers were Kirton (3) and A 1ex- fler, the G u y a n e s e cap- played us. We had to be content word of praise here, to my ander (3) ) . tain, to coach them twice with ending runner-up in our mind, is needed for our defence. a week· Also a few of the section in a competit ion which • Thus i{ these boys and tr.eir Dwarfs' Club team are on hand sruw the Dwarfs' team win an exThough at times they ·p 1a yed s~9rs w.in, Q.C .. ~11 most cer- to help Mr. Shuffler in demon- citing final from the Getru1. raggedly,' the y ' also withstood tainly mak e the public aware of onstrating technittues and the some vigorous pressure.

Our We have the boys so let's practhe fact that we can p 'ay foot- 'tricks of the trade.' · goalkeeper, Andre Fields, p'aye,d Thus the volleyballers are bet- tice with more purpose and deball. Also the~.e trophies wi 1 be a very useful role in goal, well the· fir.st Queen's Co»Jege shall ter off than they were for quite dication, which are necessary supported by his six defenders. have won since I have been a a while and it ill imperative that prerequisites for a top team and member of Q.C. This is praise- • advantage should 1be taken of we sha11 see QC back on the volAt present; the school is p 'ay- woi::thy and :t should please the these facilities. Practice · is essen- ley-ball map. ing in the Demerara Secondary Minister of Education, who on ial for a team if tt aspires to win Sporfl!J Editor.

Schools' A,ss.ociation League and one occa~on at Speech Day re- competitions .and the QC team everything point's to our winning the coveted trophy. We ,- - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - , - - ~ . , , -- - ~. - .- ,._ h ave beaten CentI'al High School (8-1), AJleyne High School ., ( 4-0) , Saint Starislaus (2-1) and our last match up to the time of 1 writing, is against Tutorial High, Soon the newly formed box- the times when we used the old who are also unbeaten.

Thus ing club ·will start its ·sessions, scout gloves which, alas, burst From as early as the first day this match is in essence a final. which will be held twice a with the strain imposed on them of the standard points heats in week. In charge of the club is by the numerous boxers· With year's Athletic Sports, This idea J:>y the Demerara Se- Mr. Perry and Mr.. Isaacs, who the bursting of the gloves, box- this Raleigh, Austin, and to a lesser condary Schools' Association to have asked Mr· John Phillips an ing met a sudden death. I nterextent Percival., were engaged start a compeb:tion is a .move in old boy to coach tl:.e boys. est, however, continued to per- in a do-or-die struggle for the the right direction, for the idea sist and in response to the de- Standard points shield. of the Dias Cup as an emblem man for gloves, the student's Raleigh House gaming her Boys undoubtedly rem<>mber- council bought a set for the of s upremacy among Queen's; points solidly in the under 15 ed the classic bouts which were Saints, and B<>rbice High, docs school. ThesE! are at present rest- and under 13 divisions seemeq not 'include such schools as Tu- held last year in the Bio Museum ing idly in t he headmaster's office bent throughout the !:eats ot torial, Cambridge and Central the form r ooin of the then 5R awaiting the oi'ficial start of running off with this shield, but (b), . causing interest in the boxing. the 'C' House boys all pulled In the present League competi- school to soar to great heights.

We must remember that to tion, the winners could well It was indeed pleasing to see start something and have to put tr.eir weight and indeed they managed to be r _ight up to the say that ·they are the Inter-High every day, at break and lun.ch an end to it because of disinter- top when almost all the heats Champs, for · they have played time, the large crowd which fill- est, reflects badly on the scl:ool every High School, which en- ed the room to bursting point spirit. Boxing is not just re- were completed. 'rhe final results were not published at the to see a few bouts. Those were tered. ceiving "bung" eyes or "bus" time of writing but at this time mouths, but rather an art which, the board showed toat Austin if learnt well is useful in life, House was leading Raleigh by . . whether serving in self-defence one point. or as a means of physical fitness.

The fellows chiefly responsible It is a!so not a sport for "best" for Raleigl: House's position men, for boxers are classed by were Alleyne, the Massiah weights. So i:f you weigh ninety pounds, then you will box against men from eighty five to about ninety five pounds, dethe pending on the number of men in your group. It is also not a • sport solely for the fourth, fiftl: and sixth forms, but a sport for the first, second a nd thir.1 forms as well. If we get a tremendous response 'from all you members of the sch ool ; t hen we may sta'rt inter-form competitions.

Remember, all you }:ave to do LOCAL AGF..NTS : if you war,it to box is to give your name to either Messrs, Isaacs and Perry or students Mc Intosh . Grant and Baird, all ot the L6M (a) and keep listening A & B WATER STREE'i', GEORGETOWN, GUYANA; for ann ouncements of meetings.

TELE: No. 3388.

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More interest needed -1in Volleyball

depending on tib.e ~quality ot the m aterial. The em phasis is at the moment on physical fitness and learning to break ,a fall F or ® e to be able t o throw, one must first be able to break a fall to avoid injury. Ther e should be in time, even more boys in the judo section, buti this requires m ore space, which in turn means anc,ther mat and this is expensive.

The idea of forming a judo club was one which was immedialtely oa~cepted by t he members of the school and, remembering that judo is a sport, it should increase i ts popularity ,i n time to come. This is a sport based on an old Japanese way of barehanded fighting. As p.ria~tised in Japan since 1882, it is a k ind of wrestling ..having special techniques for throwing, falling, unbala ncing an opponent, grappling unlocking and many other moves. rhe term 'judo' means gentle way and the only way one can be hurt by it is to be thrown by an opp ~nent and not land :,roperly.

It requires special training, coupled with determination to become a good judoka.

Saint Stanislaus College has also formed a judo club, so in future we may see teams from Saints and QC brought together in friendly competition. What is imperative for tr.e judo squad to understand is that one does not become an expert overnight but rath er with y ears of serious pract'ice. Yet another spl,rt has been introduced in QC, so let's make sure we produ ce a few experts.

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brothers and Plummer while Clarke, Halos, Grant Morrison, Lewis, the Shepherd brothers and Akai performed creditably for Austin House.

Percival House ·werP not doing too badly, since they actually, at one time occupied the first position, Mc Intosh, Bovell, Glen and Peiters mu st bo com.mended for their oustanding performances for 'A' House in the standard points competition .

Late Flash - Final Standard Points position:l st Raleigh (B) 96 Austin (C) 96 3rd Percival (A) 84 4tr. Durban (D) 62 5th Pilgrim (E) 53 6't:h Wooley (H) 52 7th Weston .(F) 45 8th Nobbs (L) 39 9th Cunningham (KJ 29 10th Moulder {G) 27

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