The QC Lictor - December, 1967

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News Guyana. Schola.r'/ships,

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New Masters. . . . . . . . Page 1 Geographical Society

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Q. C. outshine G.D.F.

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Kurukabaru Trip

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STUDENT · Godfrey, Gumbs, entered Queen's College in September 1964 from Chatam High School after securing seven passes at the G.C.E. '0' level Examination: Not at all a very impressive student from the start, the unasisuming bespectacled youth set to . work with utter assiduity.

During his two year 'A' le'vel course, Gumbs' pose, a student with his head bent over .thick text.books for thirty nine out C1f. forty minutes, was a familiar ~ght, not only at the back of our Auditorium but also in several form rooms. Bttt he did n ot toil in vain, for this year. at his first attempt at the Examination.

Godfrey secured distinctions in Applie:l Math ematics, Pure Mathematic~ and Physics. This com-

mendable and praise worthy pt1rformance eas,ily made hin1 1he most successful candidate at this year's 'A' level Examination While at school Gumbs was an ardent supp orter of his House at various com~titive activities and indeed :reprP.;ented the same at Cricket quite fn-/Juent ly, H~ was also interec;ted in Table Tennis and wao; appointed in 1966 a Schod Prefect and was at the same time thP. Deputy Head of Percival House. At present he is a Master on our school staff.

A VERSATJLE SCHOLAR T<ittenoe John Akai

entered Queen's College in September 1959 and was placed in Austin House. Throughout hiis career A.kai has been known to be a colourful character in the school,

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Gumbs, Akai our Guyana Scholars In maintaining her predominance and supreme status in the ~cademic field of our co·untry, Queen's 1d h h d f h CoILege again exce1 e w en s e secure two out O t e three 1967 Guyana Scholarships offered to boys. This year Godfrey Gumbs and Terrence Akai . greatly contd· buted towards the further elevation of their school's re· nown, not only in Guyana but also in the Caribbean, by gaining five distinctions out of a possible silx among themselv.es.

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the daughter of our brilliant Maths Master Mr. Yhap who should be quite proud of the fact that he was the man behind the success of 3 of this year's Guyana Scholars.

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Apilrt from being a consistent he took part in many societies form Prize Winner, he also won H; also represented the school several prizes in the Field-Events on very many occasions in Volin Athletics. ' ley ball, for w h i c h h e Mr. G. GUMBS In 1963 he ~.at and passed six w as Captain for the year subjects at the Ordinary Level 1966-67, and was called to and the next year he pased four ·Trials' to practise for the possimore. In the sixth farm h~ ble selection on the National studied Pure Mathematics. Ap- team. He also played Badminton plied Mathematics and Physics quite regularly for the school for the Advanced Level Exami- and always represented Austin nation. In 1965 he passed Pure House at Table Tennis. Quite a w:th Applied Mathematics and talented Chess Player also, Terone year later was successful in rence was well one of the best lhe trr ce subjects he offered at five players in the school at the the Advanced Level. game. He was appO'inted a school AKAi Mr .

This year, by securmg distinc- Pre'ect in 1965 and was also the tions in Pure Mathematics, and . Head of Austin House.

• - - - - - - - - - - - - -Applled Mathematics and by The boys and members of the gaining a 'B' grade in Physics, · staff extend their heartiest conhe secured a Guyana Scholarship gratulations to Mr. Akai. hopi" g, as the ses-ond most successful of course, that he will maintain student at the 'A' Level Exami- hi s fine performances not only nation. on the academic side but also Ak:ai, who is at present , in his extra-curricular activitie,:. studying in Ganada on a preQt1een's also extends congraviously gained Scholarship, was tulations to Miss Malrgaret Yhap by no means a bookworm. Dur- of St Rose's and John Ferraz of ing his stay at Queen's, apart St. Stani~fans, the other two from partici,p'ating in Athletics, r-uv~na ~C'hflhr~ 1V(':ir11o;ro+ ;.,

Meet the New Teachers At the start of this academic year, Queen's welcomed nin,e new masters. As usual the ·Lictor brings its readers pen pich.rres of these new teachers.

Mr Cha.:rles Nathaniel Agard is quite an experienced person, since he has been teaching for over forty years now. He attended De Willem Anglican School wh~re h e won a Primary Sholarship. He then went to Berbice High School up to 1922, during which time he passed the Preliminary, Jun·or an<l Senior Cambridge Examination with remarkable pe{rformances in English Language, Latin and French. Mr

Agard, who then branched off to work, has had a wide experience in the teaching profession. He started at Pa,rika Anglican, then went to Berbice High Schoo_I; All Saint's Anglican, Kitty Methodist, Victoria R. c., St: Frances' R. C: He has been head.master of st. John's R. C:, Annandale Govt.. and Buxton Secondary Jlp bas also taught at Central High School.

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Special features of this play include the crowd scenes which are going to highlight some of Ma jor roles in the play are our more talented young actors.

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The views expresied by individua ·. are not necessarily those of the Ed itorial Board and School as a whole .

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1967

JOHN WHITE RE:POB1S

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that a member nf the fi!fths was de$CI'ibed as hswing a "colonially dilapidated mind"

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that the Q.C. staff has the best . . . tha. a certain gentler.1an tcr d, .,~ribed More -ls 'a f t.tint of rr llect c:n o! antique cars in the wa.:; overheard saying, whilst a ig1.oranc~ pCT sl-.ing i'n a desert Caribbean. ..1t..nkey wa., braying; 'Ay ; Waggy, of nothingness'.

EDITORIAL BOARD. yuh mama's callin yuh man!" ... tha~ George will BE MARthat t he National History and 1967-1968 RIED soon!!

Arts Council has offered to buy Editor L . C. Clarke . .. that: the same Waggy has !\655 for its 5ev;ces to Guyanese Feature~ E.)iitors • D.K. Cheddie; D. Paraboo Q?!.n described as a clear-sk nned, . . . ' hat as 'ignorance is t o · ,~ds and for general cultural Business Managers J. Gajraj; J . La Rose; C. Watson; handsome boy with a sligh ly Hilton Mac w is handtomeness value.

K. Corsbie. ,o Bullet.' pro ruding rear.

Spor,s Editor e) D. I. Dewar that it was reported that . . . that Queen's has at last A s~t. Sports Editor W. Boxhill; D. H. Wallace; ... that Rubber Gu1 s has be.en 'Chinox said that once in the Supervisor ,., Mr. M . Drepaul got a 'Sweet be y" - one Wa:r- heard correct·ng Proto in 'Eng- long distant pa5t the clocks in boo' s - who n ow proudly sports lish Language.'

Photographeri • R. A Ackloo Q.C. actually worked: ix kerchi ~ at on.e t ime - two L . Holder. , l~ r t, tw o hip and two side . . . that Choppie has been pockets. he rd saying t ha , 'bathing is a that this was interpreted by was e of time.' the soothsayers to mean tha t EDITORL.\L that a certain master has something was about to happen 1-if>t'n h eard r.inging, 'All ah want . .. that MBOTU is a ver y ·m - - Julius Caesar was assasportant person in 1r.is world - a sinated ! fuh Christmas is all m ~ t ee th."

3p ecimen of the J avaman. \ . . . that Louis' scores in the Today, in our rapidly-progressing Nation, almost that N. K.R. has been exibdthat certain fifth formers i r e everyone is familiar with the firm steps taken by .the Gov- Nor thcote Cup Cr'cket were of much help in relic;ving the r ecent formint a new pop group called ernment towards the successful entorcement and out- egg ·shortage, Catarrh and t he b elly workers. that he now resides in the come of the Efficiency Campaign. Much has been heard British Museum where his . .. that a cercain Biology masthat not to be outdone P rim o chariot will soon join him. of the many sessi'ons held by the National Efficiency

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Committee: whose primary aim is to eradicate the lackadaisical and care-free attitude which a large percentage of our people are adopting today.

As usual, Queen"s is prepared to do her utmost towards the success of this venture and, indeed, if we can set the example, our young nahon would have no trouble in voicing her opinions in external affairs without being told to look at herseH first.

The important thing ahout this campaign rs the urgency of co-operation. Achieving this in Queen's !s no difficult task. Ow,; ,boys must however, pu:l their weight, not only academically but also m sports and disciphbe. Gone are ~e days when the voice of the youths were unheard and I here are the days when the young people, through their display of fine social stability as well as their exhibition of perfect courtesy and politeness, are free to cn"lticise constructively for the betterment of our young nation. Dete!}tion classes should no longer exist in our schooL There should be no latecomers and whole-hearted attention should be diverted towards the maintenance of cleanliness, seH discipline and especially to the school's societies, which play such an importa11t part in grooming our young men during their adolescent period.

Pinally, by paying much heed to our extra-curricular activities such as our games, we deve1t.>p a keen sense of responsibility, so vital for efficiency in our nation.

Games teach us to be sportsmen, to smile, even though we mav lose and thus we are able to control ourselves and by so doing, manage to achieve the true goal, which our Government is aiming at - discipline in our lives.

So sons of Queen's arise and "Conemur auxilio patriae esse" - Let us try be a help to our country.

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WHY ·ARE ARTS STUDENTS SLACKING·?

When I entered Queen's College on the 19tlh September, 1962; strange as it may seem, I had some sort of mental pero?eplion. that some yea.rs later I would be a member of tho Classical stream in . this, .our school of universal fame.

Headm~ster, and his staff's met hods of appointing t hese prefects but I profoundly believe t}, a ' t he Arts studen ts. are wan ing because of their lack of rart'cipat ion in school activit ies. Even )so if they do not become prefects they can still play an important part ' n t he I resolved to do my best to see school and they can stilr distkat Classical Stndeets played tinguisr.. themselvbS. their part In the elevafr.on and I see no reason why soc·eties maintenance of the dignity and • 1_ ... h bool h should not be led by Arts 1,tupres,"tie Wul'.C .our .sc as h dents T ese are the men who acq uired over th. e h undred and · . . twe.nty <Odd yea.rs of its existence. · should delve into . bcoks of '- . hed t'-:... authors of all centuries these are Today, i.avmg, reac • h" h I d t o.f 1-v e or the men who ~hould be the best s age w 1c ream r,rato.rs of the ~n'-.--1, these are six years ago, it is with ~eep re""'""" the men who should be able to gret that I write this art;cle after observing the glaring fact .<it and pl.an constructively for that our Classical students are the betterment o.t our school, rapidly depart'ng from the lime- while the sc·ence students spend their time in the Jabs, or juggllight of the school's activities. ing !lj!'OUnd wit h numbers! But is this so?

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After refering to a few stati..stics of present and past achievements and glories which our Classical student's have acquired and which have contr'buted greatly to boost ing their reputat · n , and then letting one make a note of th,e decline of our present bo~ ·n these, I would sincerely like to know and speak wi h the 1*J"SOn who will honesi ly say that our 'Arts' men are not r etrogressing.

Let us look at the school captains of the ,eight games cr'cket, football; table tennis; badminton; hockey; chess and athletics An analysis shows that seven tnese eight captains are science students not arts students.

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The Cadet Corps, perr..aps the mo&t serious extra-curricular act·vity of. our school is alme)st completely dominated by 'Modern' students. At the camp held in August at Atkinson Field out of seventeen N.C.O.s only six were Arts students. Though I have not'.ced that throughout previous years 'Arts' students have shirked this organisation , I see no 1 eason wr.y this tendency cannot be curbed.

I h a v e . k n o w n former gr eat school capta·n,s such as Clement Marshall, David Morrison ; Richard Cambridge ; Horton Ddph ·n and Carl Warren,' for mer head-boys, who were m ainly / ,rts students such as Colin Ying, .

Gordon Glar.heen. J ohn R;ck 'ord and C1ement Marshal'.!: the3e were all Arts students Tr.ere were Guyana Scholars ·s uch as t he Hon. L.F.S. Burnha m, among others : these were fctrmer' Arts s'udents who have remarkably dist!nguished themselves.

Finally as fa r as I am concerned I can only find one reason tor the general ~hsidence <'if interest which our pre"ent-day Art» student~ are displaying this is, p 1 a i n . downright neglect and refusal to take part in the school activities and the inability, thrcugh lack of cooperation oI those who try to upkeep the expected standard \ to stimulate the required lntett~ t. n evertheless I trust that by quoting some of t hese rid'culous figures, our Art,,; students ct today and t omorrow will ~tart to pull fr.eir we ·ght, to team t,"gether, to discu.ss the important t opics of r u r schr.1)1; to try and assess the character of certain unruly ·ndiv'd u!ll ' and to voice their ideas and opin;ons freely to t he hii?11er -authorl'1ies rememberin~ liowe ver, ta be respectful and polite at all times. What about a try ?'

I expect to see an Arfu students improvement. I will try my best to set an ex.ample Always remember, even if you do not like Latin that· Ei qui semper cum 'dJlil!'fl'ltlw Jahorant.

Plt'aemium adipiscl eGl!I oportet Those . who 11.l ways work 1dillgent1:r, must gain a reward.

L. C. Clarke (Lbc).

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A look now at societies in our school, Again 5'::ience student'S are dominating the top position s.

This should not be. Recently the editors of both the Lictor and the Magazine were boys ot the Modern stream Where were the Arts students?· What were they doing? I need not speak of the administrative section of the school. Tl:e head boy i.s one of the 'Modern' students who make up over sixty-five percent o! the perfect body. Again, couldn't 'Arts' students have the maiority? It is quite true that there a re more 15cience students than cl'a ss'cal st udents but the relative percentage of the Arts boys to the science boys Js still lower.

L am not here to question the

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In 1965, he sat and passed wit h a distinction ; Pure w ith Appl ed Mathematic-s. One year later, he entered the Advanced Level schow as well as a popular Exar.ur.a t ion. He gained distincsportsman. t~ons in Pure Mathematic3 and Applied Mathematics and a 'C' In 1964, he passed one subject grade in Pl:ysics. at the G.C.E. 's O' level, being l.hat th:ne in fourth folnn: One A t present Mr. Reach is halpyear laier ne sat and pa~..ed n ..ne mg oot in Maths and Phy sic3, subjects at the same examina- before leaving for Univers ty. tion. In his early years here he We wish him the b est of luck in conoentrated on Ad1bs subjects: h.~ new joh and ·n h is furt her .Mr Fletcher then made a change irtudies. and entered the Sixths to do Sciences, Pure Mathematic$, ApMiss Irma Ki.Ag i,s the only JPlied Mathematics and Physics.

In 1966 he passed Pure with female teacher to have joined Applied Mathematics with a the staff this year. She attended fairly high grade and one year a school 'at Anna Regina Esselater, this year, he pep.-formed quibo before later entering Bis'par excellence' by securing all hop's High where she passed three of the subjects which he both her Ordinary and Advanced offered at the Advanced Level. Levels, doing quite well i n Indeed so good was his perfcr- Flrench and Spanish. mance that he was offered one of the 1967 Demba Scholarships, A'fter teaching at Kinrston which he intends to take u,p next Methodist, Miss King left for the year. He was also a consi!ltent University of t.b • West Indies winner of form prizes. where Bhe obtained her B.A. in Fliench (Hons) with Spanish as But this was oruy the acactem.ic th.e 1<,u b5idl~'"Y s ubject. She also aide· ot th.inil. While at school ha9 a Diploma ;n Education. ·t' 1etc,W ~ crapt.ain af fl.'able 'Denni., for b,ia house, Weston, kir three years. He was al.:io a talented Chess Player and captained hi.!l House once. In extracurricula:r activities he was quite a stalwart, being a good debater also a fine dramatist.

MEET OUR NEW MASTERS (Continued from Page 1)

During those y~s that he had been teaching he continue4 &tu'dying and in 1934 he passed the London Matriculation Examrna,lull and later .n 1954 he passed the B . A. in Latin, French an<.1 Urcek.

When asked to comment generally on Queen's, Mr Ag&ll'd said it was quite a good school: He thinks that the boys. here are very mannerly i:enerally.

When asked to comment on the fact that Arts subjects 1-eem to be on the decline in the count'fY, Mr. Aiard remarked that students are choosing science because of pressure from the former and because there is an easier chance of getting a job with the lattet. He if'eels most students should do Arts subjects for its teaches, among several thin$, humani•y and uprightness.

MR. AGARD

Mr. Agard finally exhorted Queen·~ College !toy~ to ' 'b\,lf:n the midnight oil as much as they can" and also encouraged ·'PER ARDUA AD ,ASfrRA" - throu1h difficulties to the heights:

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TIIE QUEEN'S COLLEGE LICTOR

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1967

For his fine services to Queen's he was appointed a school J:U'efect in 1966 and also head of Weston Hnuse. Now, he is still with us and is helping in the teaching of Mathematics.

at Queen's is fairly high, though she notes there are pockets or bad behaviour, which really, can ile brought under colntrol.

at Queen's a nd the boys wish him a pleasant st ay here and continued pr ogr ess in his future ~tudi~.

The Lictor staff takes this opp'ortunity to wish Mus I9ng, who is at the moment teaching French at Queen 's, a .r.appy and interi1.g stay here.

. . Mr . . Rudolph Sahai attended the Mac Gillvary School on the h'.~... t C.ast of Demera.ra before a ttend ing Central High from 1::,; 6-53 where he gamed tns h igher School Certificate with ~lisi.':ncfon in Latin. After he l~t. he taught at a Primary Sc,.o!ll ; before entering the Gov"1nment Training College in 1955, w.here he obta'ined his teaching rcrt .ficate. He then went to Non,.• ,od Technical College where he ~oc!< and P assed ~ 'A' Levels i n P ure Maths and Appl'ied Maths. He later entered the Univers·t y of London, from which MR.. JOHN RICKFORD he graduated in 1965 w'ith a B Sc in special Ma ths. In 1966 he also Mr. John Rickford, is a dist in- did a computer Frogramm;ng gu;shed old boy of Queen's ColCourse at Fich Institute. lege. He entered the !lChool in 1960 and was p laced in Aust in House. B y the time he had lef t, this year J'une , h e had secured e·ght 'O' level subj ects with 'A' grades in GeQgraphy, H istor y and English Literature and three Advanced Levels, with a d'stinction in English Lit erature, a 'B' in French and a 'C' in History.

While at school Mr. Rickford held several offices of President.

He was h ead of the Lit~.rar y an d

Debat·ng Society, the Drama S:)ciety; the Pen Pal's Club, t he Junior Debating Society and t he Geographical Society. He was also the Head of School for 1966-67 and t hus, the Head of the Stude nt '!'l As~oc·ation .

He was a Patrol Leader in tl:e Queen.·$ College Scouts and w as d·,e Editor o f both the 'Lictor' and t he Maga zine.

MR. RUDOLPH SABAi Mr . Sahni feels Queen's is q u te a good sch ool and admires the co-ordination between master5 and pupils. He said that he will be with U3 for at least four years.

MISS KING The Lictor staff wishes Mr. To yc,u, Mr. Fletcher t he boys Sahni w !•o a t the moment is of Queen's College wish un•ndMiss King feels that the •tanAt the moment Mr. Rickford teach·ng Maths, a happy stay at ing sue:ce~ "; in t he future a nd a aard of both discipline and work' i. te:ich 'ng History and E nglish Queen'i;. hacppy year of teaching at this school,

Mr: Surandranath Gajraj who 'Ja:le Lktor staff wishes Mr. .Agard a pleasant and memorable is an old bOy of Queen's Colle1e attended S,t . Patrick'• An&'llcan stay at Queen's.

Sehool at Rosehall, C~entyne Mr, c. H. A: Denbow, is an old before entering th.is school iD boy of Queen's College, who 1955 He was ln Nobbs house and emered the school in 1959 and left in 1963, after pusinr four left .in June thia year. He was »abjects at the Advanced Level quite a colourful character at vis: Pure Mathematics in which school not only where books were he pined a distinction. Physfos, concerned but also at games. He Chemhrtry and Applied Mathematics. He immediately left for ._, 11 • dle 195!1 School's Handicap Champion.

(Table Tennill), fit, AJldrew's University in Scotplaying ue!fens.ively t'hroughout land whrJ:e he ,tu~ for and the Competition. He was also a rained hi5 BSe. decree in Applied regular form prize winner and M'atheOlAtics, Pa.re Mathematics a fellow dedicattld to his studies. StatlstlC9, Be is now teaehlnC' Maths at Queen's.

In 19tl3 and 64 he !lecured ' his G .l,.E. 'O' level isubjects and While at rohool Mr. Gajraj later in 198ft he sat ~d passed played cricket occasionally, He Hi!k>ry, Economics ad Spanish is nc.w a membar of the School's at the Advanced letvel and gained Wright CuJ)' team. a d \ :tinction in Hiatory. He returned to school for another Mr. Gajraj told us he tau&ht year to better hi9 'A' level re- !or a while in Enils.nd but the ~.ult.s. He secured tr.is time an school wa., not of the ,ame stan'A' clii,tinction, in Econom 'a; a dard as Queen's IK> he was un'13' grade in Hi~tory and a 'C' able to compare the educational grsde in Spanish. :facilities of the two countries.

Mr.Gajraj is attached to Weston While at school Mr. Denbow Howie and the boy1i of Queen's was a school pret~t, for both wish him a pleasant stay at the years 1965--66 and 66-67. Queen's.

He was D~ty Head of Nobbs hou,e in 66---67.

Mr. G. Gumbs, this year's Guyana Scholar (see page 1) is He has returned to help at the fifth new master we w elcome ,Queen's in Hi.5tory, We h0pe he We are proud to have h;im as enjoys teaching here and we one of our teache~ and we wish wish him success in his future him a happy stay on our stafi. studies.

Mr . D. Roach, a n old boy; Mr. R. A: L: Fletcher is by no entered 'Queen's jn September means a stranger to Queen's Col- 1964 and was placed in Cunr.,inglege, He attended this school ham Hou.se. He has always bee n from 1960 to June 1967. Whil'e d edicated and devoted to ~.i s here he was a distinguirihed st udies.

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EARTH PORTRAIT FROM THE MOON -

This portl·a':t of Earth, wa/:i made from the vicinity of the Moon over a distance of about 343,000 kilometres by America's Lunar Orbiter - 5 spaceicrait. The telephoto view shows about five-sixths of the sunlit 'side of Earth. Among land featurei; vis~ble are east coast of Africa I from the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope (lower left), Europe (upper left), Suez Canat and Arabian Peninsula (left center) and India (centre), The picture was taken August 8 and was transmitted three days later to a tra cking station n~ar Madrid, Spain.

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COLU!CE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER l , 1967

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GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AT THE MINING. CITY

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as well a.s a large bauxite ship - "Saguenay". Small ~ g,e s were tTa.J1Sporting sand, launches w ere carrying people and towf.ng fire wood rafts. The water w~ very muddy.

Along the b anks w,ere lumber yards and sawmills, T£xaco and Esso o'l terminal~ and bulk sugar te:rmlnals. Ch 'nese seines were stuck above the water near

the nearby hills, and a new world lay b-rlore us. The hills were dotted with hundreds of lights of houses upon and around them.

McKenzie was a city ·o f lights.

0 11 Fric)ay, we c 1m .:· hnme by a n aeroplane - fl:e first air trip for most of us. The distance was

conquered eas.i1y. Be.low lay the meandering Demerara and the ,v erdant tropical fo:i,ests. Then the plane touched down a t Atklnson. We came off a nd all that was le.ft of McKenzie was a pl, asant memory, R. SINGH.

A view from Mc Kenzie s1de of the bridge acr o11s the Dcmerara Rivet. carrying f :fte ~n tens o.f sand in dip. The cables overhead on the boom measured 2000 feet, and the dragline its.elf was 35 ftt in diamet:.r. We were shown the d ffere nt stages in t'he bauxite mining process. When we wzn t, th~ workers were laymg dyna:rr. i+.~ in th e bauxite layer.

Tha• afternoon we vis·ted t he Mc Kenzie rehab il i a+ion facilit i c;. Swamps were be·ng f illed t o accommodate t he ever-Rrowin~ population. In Mo Kenzie. vehicles rust fast'. Tr.is i.:; becausa every day, 20 toM of chem'cal-treated bauxite dust, frc m the dryi'ng plant, ~escends upon McKenzie, hastening the progress of rusting.

Bauxtte Plantl On T·hursday morning, we v ·srted the Bauxite Plant. The r ailway cars entered up the plant by using a series of power ful pulleys_ The ol'.je was then washec., and separated frcm bauxite clay and then dried. The dried bauxit e is produced when ~~

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the banks to tr ap fth. Not far thei A.Ml. Freder icks F isheries Co,, with a t rowler drawn up to port.

SettlelT\ents were numerous near Gz.orgetown. Wales and Diamond sugar estates we.·.~ seen from our steamer. Up str.:am, &etllements became fewer until we only saw clearinrrs where subsist'ence crops wc1;~ grown.

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The nc:xt morning we toured the Dorac·si Min,~s, far from Mc Kenzie. we saw the 800-ton' v.rag!ir.e, c: s · ing 3 million dollars;

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Decline

BY D, T DEWAit,

This yiear's 'O' and 'A' level results were released to the ~<:hool on the 25th of September . They can best ho uescribed a s adequate, certainly ••ot good.

'A' LEVEL RESULTS Arts and Social Sci&nces English 7 passes (13 entered), 76.9 per cent; History 7 passes (14 entered), 50.0 per cent; Geography 4 passes (8 entered), 50.0 per cent; L atin 3 passes (7 entries), 42.8 per cent; French 7 passes (13 entries), 53.8 per cent; Spanish 6 passes ( 11 en tries) , 54.5 per cent; Economics 7 .passes ( 11 entries), 63.6 per cent.

A sect.ion of the Queen 's College Cadets on the m arch on the Remembrance Day parade. Smart eh!

Cadets Outshine 6DF

S~IENCE I

From the 27th of August to the 6th of September, the Queen's College Cadets underwent an intensive Training Camp at Atkinson Air Base.

Th;,, cnmp, which formerly was an Annual feature, is the only one held for the last six years. Second Lieutenant K. Isaacs and L. Robinson are La•er in •he afternoon a mainly respons~ble for the revival of thh feature, of College Queen's College Football T;;am life. ( ~rem th~ Corps.) outclassed a.

GDF team. TrJs game brought

The ma n idea behind l he camp, which was und.er the: control of the Guyana Del.fence Force, was the training of the Cadets wLh thei accent on practical work particularly in F ieldcraft and W eapon Training. F oot and Arms Drill and Map Reading were also done.

THE GHOST WALK There w.:.re qu·te a lot of things with which our boys ~ecame acquainted during the s.l'X· hours a day train 'ng. st:art1:11g with Fieldcraft, they were introduced to Personal Camouflage and concealment, duties of . a sentry by day and night, stalking an enemy, signalling, body mcvements by day and night e.g. the Kitten Crawl, the Leopard Crawl and ' the Ghost Walk a nd also i;electing ground for cover and advance. These topics, almost all the Cadets would agree lent most towards the enjoyment and fun of t'r..e ca.mp.

In the w--iapon Tra,ining the boY" learnt to strip, clean and asse~ble a rifle, a Bren ~un and a Sten Gun, to direct a fire control order, to aim and shoot a: stat'ionary targets and to us other weapons such as the Bayo-

net.

Foot and Arms drill s~ed normal d.i.sc'pline.

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In Map-Reading, the Cadets learnt to select a line of advance using a map, the .us,e of a compass, conventional s·gn~ and the use CYf Ordinance Survey Maps. In addition to t'~is the composition of a section and Platoon of an army was taught.

This was the training programme in a condensed form.

FACILITIES

which there were all sor ts of gam'2!S and music. The Cade'ls were or<kTed to ret~ to bed r.ot later than half past ten at nights and to r.Lsie at f ~ve o'clock in the morning for Pr.ysical Training. At th·s point it should be mentiont-d that the daily programme wae- as follows: S--Reveille; 5.30 - P.T.; 6.00-700 B:Qeakfast; 7.00-7.40 Bath and Preparation for Parade; 7.40-8.00 Muster Parade; 8.00-12.30 Train;ng wi'th several short intervals and a long one at 10.00; 12.30-2.00 - Lunch; 2.00-4.20 Training; 4.20-5.30 Ga.mes.; 5.30-6.00 SupP,?r and after this time the Cadets were tree to do what they dt\iired. 10.30 Lights out.

PASSING OUT PARADE CEREMONIES

On Sunday, 3rd September the Corps took a cr.ange .from its routine Training Programme to part icipate in the Passing-out Parade, perhaps the most important ev.:nt that the present Corps ha<: ~p,.?rienced. The Parade was h e-ralded by an oper.-air church s~rvice which was attended by r-arents, guests and the Cadets · hemselves.

Dezked in immaculate uniforms and well-'bulb~' booth, together w ·1 h sparkling brasses, the CadtJts left the church service at about 11.20 a .m. and then proceeded unto the Drill Square at 1he Headquarters at th~ Base of the G.D.F. Lieutenant-Colonel Martindale, who to9k the salut'e; pra.bsed and conunended the Corps on its smart and most impressive performance durhtg the parafde and even . observed that throughout! the ceremony not a single person was out of step. He even went as far as to say that thene are ·few soldiers in the GDF who can surpa.$ and display the higll. sCandard of co-ordina~n and judgement which the Cadets exhibi~.

year's examination. Our Eng1ish Language results are weak (tlu~ is a national problem), but I feel that a slip-shod approach by our Fifth formers is responsible for the large number of failures and since all other subjects require a certain proficiency of expression in tl1e English Language this has most likely affected re-· suits in other subjects both at 'O' and 'A' level.

Pure and Applied Maths. (12 entries, all s uccessful, 100 p e r - - - - - - - -- - - - cent; Pure Maths. 16 entries, all successful, 100 per cent; Applied ,ETTER TO EDITOR Maths. 16 entries, all successful, 100 pe rcent; Physics 29 passes (50 entries), 58 per cent; Chemistry 23 passes (35 entries), 65.7 per <:ent; ;Botany - no passes (2 entries); Zoology 4 passes (22 down the curt ains on quite a entries) . 18 1 per cent.

By W. 0. NEDD glorious a nd memorable d ay for, These were the words spoken the Corps.

DISTINCTIONS to me by a boxing enthusiast from the fifth form. One wonQueen's gained 14 . dis· ders why I have been asked P ROFICIENCY EXAMINATION tinctions this year. Gumbs such a question when I am not Towards the end of the camp 3, Akai 2, were our best on the Boxing Committee, but ~ that it would have been all Cadets took and passed the performers.

Four distinc- know an obvious question since I was Army Proficiency Teat - Part I , tions · were gained by Art told by the Head of School to which dealt with the elementary and Social Science Students enlist those who were willing to and basic technique of weapon training. Map reading, fie ldcraft - Mr. Rickford (English), get boxing in Q.C. underway and drill. The fact that no one Mr. Denbow (History), G. and those who were willing to

failed to secure less than a hundred out of a posaible hundred and sixty marks, is an indiclltion of the serious way in which the camp was approached and also of hard and diligent work put in.

After the examination the camp came to an end and a much more proficient and well ·trained Cadet Corps left Atkinson.

Cadet.s p11esent at the A' kinson Camp and thti.r rank at that time were:Sergeant-Major W. C. Ng-SecQuan.

Sergeants - K. Aaron, P . Alexander; G. Gaskin and G. Watson.

Corporals - A. McIntosh and S. Masrh-Das (Snr. Cpls.) R. Singh; C. Hing; A. Sm ;th and R. Gilkes Lance-Corporals - C. Ross; L .

Clarke; J . Carmichael; B. Ralph, K. Bovell; R. Luncheon and K. Amin.

Privates - W. Boxhill; B. Robertson ; J . Barker; J. Jackman; M. Kirton; A. Emerson; G. Alleyl'\e; L : Blenmann; T.R. Singh; M . Rahaman; D. Husbands; N. Forsythe; R. Thompson, S. Edwards; M. Bishop; A. Kissoon; R. Maloney; D. Wallace; R. Davis; M . Hugh; B. Gerrard; 0. L . Henry ; C.· Wat.5on; M. Marks; S. Bender; G. Ramson; A. Chase; R. Young; C. Naik; M. Hinds; C. Rodrigu~.

On th£: whole, facilities and accommodation at the camp were of the biest. Meals we;re not Af~r the Parade, there was badly prepared and everyone can the lunch break during which In charge of the Cadets 2nd remember t ¥ lovely dessert time parents were shown our L'eutenants: K. Isaacs and L. served daily at l unch. 'homes' for the two w,eeks and Robinson. other t hings of interest. There In the evening t'he boys w,ere was also a display of weapons Note: - ~ given above 1 privile ged to use the canteen :n u..c;ed in the GDF. were those l:.eld at the camp.

What is wrong with our GLOVES ?

B. Moore (Economics), C.

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Persaud (Latin).

I tried my best to acquire information concerning the wh ere·o• LEVEL RESULTS abouts ' of these pairs of hand 233 candidates took a total of gloves, but it was all in vain.

1,183 subjects, of which 686 The Head Boy referred me to were passes.

Mr. Isaacs who was said t o be . Geography 43 passes (94 enone of the supervisors in boxing tries), 45. 7 per cent; English in this school. Thi.s was last Language 90 passes (187 enterm, by the way. Mr. Isaaes tries), .(6.0 per cent; History 66 stated that training sessions, passes (96 entries), 67.7 per cent; were going to be s;tarted immedEnglish Literature 67 passes iately after exams, but he {105 entries), 63.8 per cent; thought that Mr. Perry has the Spanish 19 passes (50 entries), gloves. I a sked Mr. Perry and he 39.2 per cent; French 32 passes told me the last place he (60 entries), 53.3 per cent; Latin saw it was the staff-room. Mr. 27 passes (34 entries), 79.4 per Isaacs has already gone and per cent; pure Maths 79 per cent. thf're ::i.re no announcements (130 entries), 61.1 per cent; Biomade about the gloves or boxlogy 56 passes (108 entries), 51.8 ing. Thus you may see the axis per cent; Botany 5 passes (6 en- around which I revolved. I have tries ); Physics ( 110 entries), written this article because I !i5,4 per cent; Chemistry 72 am also kept back since I had passes (101 entries), 71.2 per planned to include boxing as cent; Additional Maths. 45 passes one of my extra-curricular activ(70 entries), 64.2 per cent; Art ity while in Q.C. I kindly appeal 19 passes (26 entries) 73.1 per to members cf !.he Boxing cent.

Commi,t tee to do something

REMARKS

It is obvious that a school of our calibre and reputation shou1d do much better than we have done at this

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The other·~ide Ilolida)'ing at of army life · I{ urukaharu Most people, when they hear about an army training camp, usually think r1n terms of gruelling army training, with weapons and all such like. But when I attended, the Annual Camp of the Q.C. Cadet Corps at Atkinson F•.eld, I found that there wfas anoth!er side to army life - one which few people know. were teaching us to live on a LIPTON'S TEA TIME variety of dishes of which

After a day's training, those of u s who are accustomed to the use of showers usually took baths, as the khaki uniform left us sweaty. After having • shower ,we would then dress in civilian clothes and make our way towards the mess-hall.

On arriving at the mess-hall I read the menu-board which said for dinner:-Beef stew and potatoes with the usual Guycan strawberry jam and bread as dessert Unfortunately I arrived late, and was soon to learn never to trust the menu-board, !or I was greeted with the usual split peas and rice - meat taste; when I enquired about tl:e menu I was told quite angrily "Wuh yuh expec if yuh cum late" I had no appetite that particular night, as I found the split peas and rice did not taste good with Guycan jam. This tasty dinner was "washed down with essence of Lipton's Tea. This I suppose was all in the Training programme for they

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In August this year the Tour Club spent one and a half weeks at Kurukabaru :n the Pakaraima Mountai~ This ii; an impression of ' hat tour. t Sin<te 1 knew myself I have alway;s held the op nion tr..at photographs made all things look more beautiful than they really are. I am quite surf? that I am not alone in that misco.ncept ion. A!1!er one hour flying t me from At.kin.~on Fi'eld, th? pilo· took us through the gorge to see the Kaieteu.r Falls. I will not do one of tr,e world's most beautiful sigh' s the injus' ice cf aftempt'ng to d <flcribe it, I will merely J:ieport one remark f•·om a member of our tour p:irty. As the pilot ci'rclr.d the plane for u• to r.~.'? the falls from a dif.fernt a.ngll!, Wcggy in his glee · xclaimed: ''me money dun!" 'Thie comment was m~t w ·tn un 1v ' rsal approval.

salted cod was popular and also to teach u s that one Lipton's Tea bag in times of warfare could make seven cups of tea.

THE OLDEST WESTERN At nights; however; we either played games and listened to records in the canteen or we saw films outside. Needless to say that I saw the "Earth Standing Still" three times and a Western film which I am sure my grand father saw the very first time he went to the cinema.

NIGHT EXERCISES However, we had our own form of entertainment in the barrack room where we slept.

After lights-out at 10.30 p.m., the fun started, for it was then that A PEACEF'i:TL LAND the rifle-sling gang was on the Kurukabaru is among ' he prowl; to avoid being a victim of lov,eliest spots on the Pak:irima the gang, you had to join the Mcunta ·ns. The area cnnsi.s c, CY! gang with your rifle sling. rolling savann;ih which resembles Armed with our slings, tooth tennu rolls of various siz"" paste and boot pi:ilish we would packqd in a &how case. To first deal with our fellow cadets FatJ,,~r McClusky it rem 'nded by dropping their curtains, after him of 'the ole countree.' Being painting them "r'ith polish and over 3,000 ket above s. a level toothpaste. On some cadets the '.he climate is lrus energy abqorbblack boot polish was lighter ing than tr,? coastline. To add to compared to their natural com- IJ:e lo,....;;-ly cl'mate this paradise plexions so the white tooth paste is fanned e 'ernally by a gentle had to be used. With this done inland b'ceeze.

Th.eJ area is dotted with beauwe would now turn to the main item on the nights programme tiful waterfalls o.f varfous s izes, the"fixing-up" of a few N.C.O.'s. wh'ch act as showers for the We centered most of our activi- bath-tuoo ben,~th. 1' 15 water is cryy;t.al clear; there is tha• tinge ties at one particular end of the of bl'ue that gives it the appearbarrack-room, where a f&mous anq? of some precious stone and corporal slept. He was quite here the eternal ~ud bn•ween stout and we had fun with Mm. wa~'?'r and skin wa., forgotten. and he spoke a different lanOne could not des're bellter guage whenever we woke him accommdat:i.on. There ·.vere five up in a rage. He get special rooms eacl:. holding about five treatment · because he had suf- beds, a hall which could acccmficient cushion to ward off moda~ about twelv.e, and a lashes. supervbor's room for two. The Firstly the posterior end o'f beds were ma',t ressed with dunhis anatomy would be left ex- lopilk, and carried fit-on •heets. posed simply by moving over his The kitchen had every u'ensil cu11.ain, then he would be dealt from a ro1i-pan to an ove:n. a few good lashes a11d with that Th~.re w:~ also two large waiterhis curtain net would be dropped tanks that suppUed. us right over his head, so that when he t'h.rough our enjoyable ~hv awoke in a temper -speaking UNDERSTANDING THE "Hebrew" he would find himself PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS entangled with his curtain. This For two weeks the boyi, who gave us ample time to get back w.-~re mostly sci::mce student~ to our cots and under our nets became geographers. anthropoloand to settle down to a good gi~ts, psychologists and agriculnight's re,t.

"Coloner' , tural ~onomis's. They studied

the li~es of the people of the dis,t:riot , tha Pa'omonia Amer·ndians, learnt their language and tried to undeJ'\S and their problems. In some cas~ boys even tri€d "o solv,e the·r problems. lfayn, '..l was one c.f thos.: who seriously consiJered the f.easibili y cf t.he (.COnomic cult 'vation of the land. While Dash, aft.er one and ,a half weeks of careful study cam~ to the conciusion tha t so many Oif the Amerind ans have T .B. because 'in t'4e morning they c at cassavabread with piwari, at mid-day the have p wari wi h cassava bread and a t nig.ht they eat cas-

ISava-bread and piwari. Their diet completely lacking pro'ein and any hot beverages."

The two weeks that were sp?n! at Kurukabaru taught many of us a lesson of lie. We m,~t a variety o.f characters and from them we learnt varying ,experiences. I am quite sure that most of the boys )ie'ft the ar~ with a di:f.lferent: and broader outlook of life.

The Q.C. Tour Club would 1 k :-: to say 'tengi' to th,? I.inns Cl ,b and to all those who m:ide tb tour the success it wa): ff.A. McDA vm.

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IJC Second ,n Joe. ·Chin Cup •

THE JOE CHIN CUP

Our C-U'St match, was played against the GFC, i:n the Joe Chin Cup from which the best players in the country are banned. From t,he fir'st tweet to the final blast of the whistle, we completely c,u.~played cur opponents to the tune of 4-(). Hardly had the game started, when Holder, with ~. powerful shot from the right w·ng, netted to put Queen's in the lea,d. A relentl"35 pressure was kept up by the QC forwards who gave the GFC goalke.eper and defenders a tremendous amount of work to do. The fiorwards were ably 3.ssi!;ted py the link.men and backs, who kept feeding the ball to them. Their efforts were rewarded when Plummer, from close in made no mistake, making the score 2-0 at half-time.

After the Interval, we cont:nued to ove.r whelm the GFC defenders. who bad no answer to our neoura.te shooting ·and cOIDStru.ctive paasing. Holder made It 3-0 with another beauty. scored from an acute angle, in the fiftieth m 1nute. Finally Hing got one through the g'oalkeepcr five minutes before time, to make the final score 4-0.

Unfortunately, in the second match against Cosmos, played at Q.C., this high standard of play was not kept up. Too many opportunities were squandered by the forwards, while the defenders, though playing creditably 'bungled' frequently. The goalkeeper was also timid owing to his inexperience, this being only his second match. We lost this match 2-0, · and this defeat C'aused us to lose the Joe Chin Cup.

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In the match against the G.C.C. at Bourda. Q.C. played good hockey but were unlucky not to win. The match was drawn 1-1, with Holder scoring for us. We next played Leonora, and though we won this 2-1, the match was scrappy throughout. Our players did not take it seriously enough, th oroughly undermining the opponents. Holder and Plummer scored for us through some accurate shooting. Our final mat ch was played against the Rangers of Berbice, on the G.F.C. ground Bourda. In this match, we regained some of our lost prestige by whipping . them 4_0, The standard of play achieved was similar to that of the first match, where good constructive hockey was played. Goal scorers for Q.C. were Plummer with two goals and Chin also scored twice. Be-

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We started the term playing brilliant hockey, but by early November, our standard had fallen, somewhat. This can be attributed. to some extent, to the strain of having to play some ten matches in the last four weeks, from early October to the 3rd Ncvember. Thus, injured players have had no ti.me to recuperate, as the reserve strength is almost at rock bott om. I would have tr.ought th at our good sh owing, would have induced hockey enthusiasts, throughout the school, to take a more active part in the game.

QUEEN 'S

Queen's Dominate Junior Football Critchlow is the star at practices Tribute must be paid to Messrs. Moore and Wootar and to the supervisor, Mr. Perry who does his best to ensure the continuation of our high standard of play, by organising regular practic;e and coaching sessions, :::ble players as is captain Mc and also frequent warm-up Intosh. Campbell an,d Massiah matches. both have their good days.

Caesar has a lot to learn and SPORTS EDITOR.

So far (Novenner 7th) this looks as if 'Morffie' will adequatehas been a great term for Q. C. ly fill the gap; left by the departqotbalL We are in a good posi- ture ofl hi!i brother; earlier .hh; Uqn to wbi. both the Dawson term. Johnson, who has s<> far League and the Football Associa- scored six gql\ls is our best fortion Trophy. In the Dawson war,d and Phllllps plays very League we 'have put an end to good football. Bacchus and the ambitio1tii, of West Ham Uni- 'Lenny' Richards are both cap-

ted by wt.ipping them 3-2. Saint cause of that one defeat, we Stanislaus College by humbling placed second in the Joe Chin them Z-1, and the GFC by deCup. featmg them 1--0. In the FA Trophy, we were again too good IllRA!\'I WALKER LEAGUE for West Ham who bowed under ~ . This was the only victory In our filjst match this term in needed to put us in the semit he Hiram Walker League, we finals. created the major upset of the THE DAWSON LEAGUE League by trouncing Cosmos, one of the best teams in the The first match in the Dawson country, two goals to one. This I League was more or less a onematch was played at Q. c. we sided affair, until the closing played entertaining hockey and stages, when the opponents in a good team work w!\6 one o~ the valiant attempt to save the highligbts of this match. Another game scored twice. It was no ·was the brilliant saving of goal- surprise, therefore, when Johnkeeper Cheddi. Holder was at his son scored in th.~ twelfth minute best, as was Plummer & Glenn of the match with a 'ripper' from the goalscorers. Lee, the captain, just outside the penalty area.

Chin and Yong were simply Some minutes later, a good !'•rnerb while Luncheon Wfl\'> his moveme nt started by the backs brlUiant self. Both Gordon and culminated in a ' goal after Richar~'3, plaeyd creditably and Greene left the goalkeeper even Smith tried. stranded. Three minutes after half-time, the oranges seemed to In the return match against have done their job, and a reCosmos, we were unorganised freshed Johnson made the score for the first ten of fifteen 3-0 with another beautiful shot. minutes. Cosmos grasped this In t h e i r quest for quick opportunity and scored three goals West Ham kept up a requick goals. After this, our lentless attack on the QC. deteam, shocked back to reality, fence, who though playing credefended stubbornly and though ditably could not prevent them Cosmos were unable to score from scoring twice. further, we were also unable to The next match aga.i.Dlst Saints, score. We again held the G.C.C., on the latter's ground was more thougr. a stronger side, to a evenly contested, with Saints all_l draw. Plummer netted for .,ays 1.:.oking the more dangerQueen's. Our major failure in ~us or the two s'..des. Neverthethis match was that we lacked • $ i;oab wio ma1che£ and we positional play. In the return played good football to defeat match against the G.C.C., we them Z-1. Q.C. went into the lost 2--1, Chin scored for us. In leud in tile twentie', h minute this match, the strain of playing when Critchlow, got a good shot very often began to tell, and from the left wing to deflect f~ tings ran high between the from the boot of a Saints' detwo teams; the result was a fender into the goal. Midway game blemished by too many tbr-0ugh the second half Johnson, in!ringements of the rules, from from h\, favourite position; just both sides. The less said about ouh.ide the penalty area netted the penultimate game against to make it two goals to nil. Folthe G.F.C. the better. Every- lowing this Saints scored one to thing went • well until five make the final score Z-1. minutes aiter half-time; when The G.F.C. match was easily the G.F.C. forwards scored five the hardest match of the term to goals in f~ .many minutes. This date. Q.C. had a poor first-half, was due to the scrappy play of in which they failed to adapt the defenders who left crucial themselves to the unaccustomed forwards unmarked. Let us hope speed of the G.F.C. ground, but that we make amends in the in the second-half they settled return match. down and produced some superb Generally, however, our football. Phillips scored the only standard of hockey is compar- goal of the match, a truly magable to the best in the country, nifi.cent shot from about twelve and, with little mor~ effort we yards out. on the left wing, th~ can reach the top. We have three b all swerved outwards, eluded a players, who in the near future diving goalkeeper and hit the will be playing for the national underside of the crossbar to side. They are Lee, Chin and spin in the goal. Both goalkeepLuncheon. Holder and Long are ers k pt well but Fields was the not very far behind them. better. Too many goalscoring Gordon and Richards sometimes opportunities were thrown away reach great heights. Goalkeeper by both sides, especially by Cheddie has improved tremen- G.F.C. whose forwards lacked dously, and has performed cred- thrust. itably.

HiJ'lg has had some In the solitary F.A. Cup matcl\ good matches and Smith tries. the result speaks for itself. At no So far, Plummer has scored six t me during the game did West goals. Holder four, Chin three Ham se~ capable of penetrating and H ·ng and Glenn one goal the s trong Queen's defence, while each. I, on behalf of the hockey Johnson penetrated theirs conteam, warmly thank Mr. Lee on constantly to score all three the fine job he has done and is goals. , doing in improving our hockey.

Fields' goalkeeping is of a very He is always on hand to give high order and during both the sound advice and, also to ex- Saints and GFC matches it wa.o; press his admiration of, or indeed brilliant. This lad, Morriannoyance wi.th, good or indif- son has re·aJ class as has Browne. ferent play.

M~ison and to a lesser extent London (P.M.) really excelled SPORTS ~DITOR themselves against .the GFC. It

Junior KOTT Tourney The 1967 Junior Individual Table Tennis Tournament comm~nccd on Tuesday 31st, October at 3.15 p.m. in The Dining Hall. The sound of the bouncing celluloid hall coupJ,ed with intermingling outbursts of applauses Jent much to the atmosphere of keen rivalry.

Of t he ninety--Odci boys who hwe en~ered the Knock-Out Tournament, J. Hansen of the Third f 'orm, last year's runnerup; seemi: bent on snatch;ng th,e crown this year from strong contenders Michael Christophe, Wilfred Greene and F. Cunha of the 2nd Form·. However, as all of these players are quite capabie c1 be,ating eacr. other at t i'm es no su:rpr'se should be felt if anyone of tr.em walks off with the crown.

M€:anwhiJie other players such as Godfrey, Shepherd; Valz. G;

Ishmael and Dick should not be underestimated. Tbiey too can spring pleasant surprises. (At the time of writing the competition was only at the tl:ird round stage).

The 1967 Sen;or Compe iti: n i~ sch£.'Ciuled to start on the 291h of Novemti~.' This should be quite interesting seeing that the ere.am of the khool's Tabh Tennis talent will be on show. The fellows to watch for the cr.amp;onship cup are Critchlow, ChowAh; Clarke; Mlci ntosh, Bl!!nmann; Phillips; Chichest..?:r; Fields and Aaron; not to forgf'• youngsten<; like Yhap Pnd G. Singh,.

PROGRAMME FOR YEAR Easter Term-House Compe' ition; Double;s Championshio.

August 'Ilerm Handic~on Tournament:; Junior School Fo rm Tournament.

Regul.ans competition mater.-. s with external clubs will also be . played off.

Ce.... turies by Aaron and Daird highlight -

House Cricket Competition Moulder vs Woolley: Woolley 73 all out. Dookie 14; Dick 14; Browne 13; G. Singh 12: Christophe 6 for 20; London 2 for 13; Ward 1 for 15; Moulder 106 for 9 declared. London 40; Ward 23; Garrett 12; Christophe 11 ; Boxhill c; for 36; Dick and Gill 1 for 6 each, Browne 1 for 37.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER l, 1967

THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE LICTOR

Why is athletics at IJ. C '!! ~ !~'!~d~~~t~11~,n~ ~

By LAURENCE CLARKE (L.6.C)

wud, atti ude.

The d.ecline in the interest in athletics at Queen's is centred around two main drawback, which are in no way indispensible and uncurable. Firstly, with not

no allowance is made for youths and as a result there i, no ,e n; couragement offered to the upcom ng lads. r

in previous years th.ere w e.re four to five matches held throughout the year and as a r ::-sult I he athle.es never stopped tra ning With these thoughts I ardently exhort our boys to pull their weight and make athletics a better thing at Queen's..

. . ."And i's a new r . :ccri. A new :r;ecord has been created by . .." Gone are the, days of these Secondly, a similar si uation words Gone are the days wh.en h~ faG ~s our \school i' self. F or the our fi~ld was littered with youngthe five to six years tl:at I have b-en men, clad in white vests; sweatthe attend·ng the school, I have never stained jerseys, flapping trunks witness€<!. or heard of a friendly and dusty running shoes. Men m~~ between our school and a n - ~ who made their way up and other College, school or team. down the lanes on the athletics court. Here are th e days of a stand-still. One and two boys are seen jogging around the· track at r a very discour~ ;~': p~ce. what is more, they start at 4.30 and "' by five-thirty in the afternoon, In the second Northcote Cup they have disappeared. r 1at."h. since the school reopened, Obviously, the once most popuQueen's did well to defeat the lar sport in our school is on h.!

E.C E. team by 12 runs. Q.C. decl ne. Though the fact must b e batted first making a paltry facc:A that the spor t, until very hun,~rPd. Aaron (19), Baird (15) recently, was, dormant in our and Robinson (15) were the only country, there still is no legitibatsmen to reach double figures. mate reason for this sudden slump The end of a gruellirg hockey match The chief wicket takers were in interest. What is more hear t: Glasgow 3 !or 28 and Bart 3 for rending and annoying is he fact • 14. E.C.E. replied with 184 for that when the athleit,es in the 7 declared, Hazrat made J 02 n.o., s ::hool decidz, to take part in thanks to the poor catching of some external competit'on, such soI"'e of. our players. Morris got as the Demerara Sec,ondary awarded to 'A' House, after it 4 for 31, in a fine spell, and Continued from Pa~e 7 Schools' Championship, tr.;;y p:irnin.gham 4U all out. C. Singh was ruled that one of the Weston Hales 2 for 52. In our second from quite creditably, as the re17; Trueman 11 ; Blue 5 for H; House players was in no condi- attempt, after a fine opening sul s )Show. k .:'ackman 2 for 12; Kirton 1 for tion to play cricket. partnership of 50, between RobOnly recently the assistant S emi-finc./,s: Austin vs Nobbs. inson (32) and Jackman (17) we g1mes master made an appeal to 3; and Gordon 1 for 12. Nobbs 65 fer 6. Jackman 38; Blue 14; T. Austin 126 all out. Rooplall 35; collapsed for 145 all out. Only :ill athle' es to make a return to the track, in preparation tor a Persaud 3 fer 20, G. Singh 2 for Hales 29; Cheddie 15; Kirton 3 Cheddie ( 44) and BoxhiJ.l (16) for '10; Jackman 3 for 56; Blue 1 offered any resistance among p lanned athletic.Cl. meeting of the 8. Nobbs won. s;condary schools in Guyana. At Austin vs Raieigh: Austin 145 for 18. Nobbs 134 for 4. Blue 4-1 the other batsmen, to the E.C.E. 20. bowling, which was net all that 1.11,e mee'ing called for the an- all out. Morrison 45 n .o.; Hales n.o. Jackman 36; Kumar nouncement of this event, 0ver 24; Cheddie 14; Ferreira 13 ; Bacchus 2 for 25; Hales l for 53. good. Bari; again claimed 3 wi<'ksixteen athietes tUI'ned up, but Blenman 3 for 29; Massiah 2 Nobbs won. ets for 26 runs, Sutherland 2 for at tr-'<! actual tra·rung s~'ions for 22; Morris 3 for 25; Shaw 1 Percival vs Durban : Percival 18 a nd Hazrat 2 for S6. Forthe largest number ever present for 11. Raleigh 95 all out. Morris 236 for 1 declared. Aaron 107 tunately for us, showers of rain was five. Five athletes from a 36; Hales 6 for 42; Clarke 4 for no. (12 fours and 1 six); Baird fell at the end of the second school of over $even hundred (25. Austin won.

102 n..o. (10 fours and 1 six); day. and on the third day when boys. This naturally is not in Moulder vs Durban: Moulder Hansen 1 for 38; Durban 169 for E.C.E. started their second inspiring to the <.nerg.c1t)c coach, '77 all out. Ward 15; Hinds 22; 5. Yasin 47 n .o.; Phillips 4:~ n .o.; nings needing 62 runs for vieMr. Cretch.

Yasin 6 for 23; Bradshaw 2 for C. Bradshaw 16; DeFreitas 4 for tory, the pitch was soft. The two Again, at the Sports Fiesta ' 25; S. Hansen 1 for 9. Durban 64; Aaron 1 for 37. Match drawn. opening bowle!'s Hales and Jerwhich was run of1 at GCC 80 for 6, C. Bradshaw 26, Phillips REMARKS vis took full advantage of these Ground, Bourda on the 29,h Oct- 33; Garrett 4 for 18 ; London 1 For the frst time, in the history e<mditiDns, bowling extremely cb er, of the ten athletes wl:o for 12: Christophe 1 fOl' 21. of the House Cricket Competi- well to finish with 4 for 20 and were supposed to participate in Durban won. tion, it was played on a one- 4 for 28 respectively. E.C.E. events arranged on the proPercival v s Weston: Percival match knock-out basis.

Each made 49 and Q.C. carried their gramme, !ive turned up. Of 1-15 for 7 declared. Aaron 67; mat ch is mtended to be played first points of the season. these t'wo were unwilling to run Baird 36; DeFreitas 14. J. Ali 4 for four hours; and is decided , This fendency to display a lack for 68; Khan 3 for 26. Weston 78 on the first inni.nga scores. Hov.:- 1 We had also gained first incf school sp;rit is fast growing for 9. Haynes 28 ; D. Persaud 12; e_ver, t~e duration of the se~- nings points from West Demin our school and athlet.els can Misir 10; Aaron 4 for 17: Ellis 1 fmals 1s of three days. Quick erara Estates but at the time do quit~ a lot to set th,e example for 4, DeFreitas 1 for 33. Match scoring has be:11 an ?utstandi~g of writing, the match was not feature of this years competi- completed. Taking first strike tion as exemplified by Austin Q.C. made a moderate 141, House with 145 in a day and mainly due to the efforts of ~lso by Percival with over 140 Cheddie ( 44 ), Aaron · (17), Boxm a day . . Aaron has be~n the hill ( 15 ) and Garett (15 ) which most. consistent batsman m the included one six and two fours. competition for the past two In what was probably, their years and it came as no surprise best display in the field for thii1 wr.en he finally mad'! a century. season Q.C. restricted · w .DE. to The surprise was Bai1 how- 133 . Blue bowled well to claim ever for Ba)rd's performances 3 for l9, Morris flighted the ball fluctuate to a great extent. To l:'Eautifully but only managed to these two gentlemen, I say well get 1 for 35. Both London an:i done Sirs.

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man fer 7 and 28 respectiNely.

The returns to the wicket were goc:<i and three batsmen were dismissed via the run out route.

In their second innings Q.C. had scored 127 for 3. Aaron batt~d beautifully excelling with crisp off-side shots to reach 36; Cheddie, who is batting extremely well at the moment, and Baird were undefeated the end c,f the second day with

35 and 21.

Close of Play scores in the other matches: Q.C. vs M.Y.O, Q.C. 55 all out, Aaron 12 R. Bacchus 3 for 9, M. Moh a m e d 4 for 17 a n d 103 ; Robinson 4Q; Massiah 13 n.o.; London 12; R. Bacchus 3 for 26; A. Khan 4 for 13.

M.Y.0. 120 for 3 declared, R. Bacchus 45 n.o. M. Dean 42 n.o.; Jervis 1 for 23; Jackman 1 for 51; and 40 !or 2; A. Khan 15 n.o. Jervis 1 for 19; London 1 for 13.

Mingo 5 for 28.

Q.C. vs T.&H.D.S.C:: Q.C: 139 ' all out, Aaron 71 n.o.; London 29; Hales 23; Mingo 3 for 42; Cornelius 3 fur 59 ; and 6.1 all out Baird 11; Mingo 5 f or 28. T.& H : D:S:C. 234 for 9 declared; T h O m as 90; Beckles 80; C. London 26; Jackman 5 (Qt' 71; Ge.rrett 2 for 35; Hales and Jervis 1 each for 43 and 55.

Q.C. were defeated in the first round of the Rothman's Knockout Competiti,on by M.Y.O. QC 47 all out (29.1) Scores: overs), Aaron 16; A. Khan 3 for 5; M. Yasin 2 for 13. Z: Bacchus 2 for 7. M. Y.O. 52 for 3 (15 c-vers), .::'ervis 2 for 21; Blue 1 for 10. ;.e In the Wight Cup Competition our performances were horrible and we ended the Comp<;tition with only four points: three from Sprostons and one for a draw against Central Hiih School.

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