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G~C-.E. 'ADVANCED LEVE! RESUL,TS :

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It was with undoubted satisfaction that Queen's College learnt of the results of her candidates at the 1968 Advanced Level examination. Messrs. Kunar, Aaron and Roach, who each received three distinctions at this examination, were all awarded Guyana Scholarships based on these results.

Messrs. Aaron and Kunar re- less heartening was Mr. Berceived distinctions :in Pure n ard's performance dist incMat hematics, Applied Mathema- • ti'ons in Hist ory and Geography tics and Physics, while Mr. Roach and a B grade in Economics, Mr. received h is distinctions in Pure Bern ard is the first person, over Mat hematics, Applied Mathema- a time span of almost twen ty t ics a nd Furt her Mathematics. No years, to receive a distinction in Geography at this level. Thanks to these and other sterling performances the school amassed a in academic achievements.

Keith Aaron was born in total of twenty-nine distinctions, Georgetown in 1949.

He received a unique achievement in the anhis primary education at the St. nals of Queen's College.

James-the-Less ahd Fountain Roy Rajpaul Kunar was born A.M.E. schools, and his secondat Zorg on the Essequibo coast ary education at Central High. in 1949. He attended the Ogle Canadian Mission School, from which he obtained the scholarship that earned him a free place at Queen's in September 1961. A member of Nobbs House, M r.

Kunar represented t he school in Under-16 cricket competition and was vice-captain for his house in the same game. He feels t hat the standard of discipline has deteriorated somewhat, although this has been countered, to some exMr. KUNAR tent, by a proportion ate increase

'Richard -II' Q.C.'s DRAMATIC SOCIETY. STILL BASKING IN THE GLORY OF . THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF THE 1967 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S "JULIUS CAESAR". HAS EMBARKED ON YET ANOTHER SHAKESPEARE'S P L A Y S "RICHARD' ' II" WHICH PROMISES TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCE S SF UL THAN "JULIUS CAESAR.'' The cast includes most of last year's stars. Our most accomplished actor, James La Rose

again plays the leading role, of the dethroned king Richard, while the Dynamic Geoffrey Massay portrays Henry Boling broke, the usurper. Other major actors include J . Carmichael, T, Phillips, L. Adams; G. Evans, S. Ghoshe and G. Caleb. The cast will be supplemented by guest actresses. The Producer to command this array is Mr. Michael Drepaul. The play is scheduled for five nights only, December 10- 13 and 15. Tickets are available from any Q.C. student.

M. T· Phillips.

There he acquired seven subjects at the Ordinary Level, and entered Q.C. in 1965. A versatile character, he was the school cricket captain and represented the country in the Colts match against the M.c.c. He was captain of the victorious under-21 side in the 1968 Inter-territorial Tournament. When asked to comment on discipline in the school, Mr. Aaron replied, "A fairly high standard of discipline is maintained despite thf! infrequent use of the cane." He added that sports in Q.C. is on the decline since many boys now neglect games on being admitted to the Sixth.

Born in Georgetown in January 1949, D onald Ashworth Mansfield Roach attended the Mr. ROACH New Amsterdam Scots School - - - - - - - - -- . - - - - and the St. Patrick's Govern1 ment School. He received his sec• • ondary education at Berbice High and Tutorial High gaining five subjects at the '0' Level while at I· ~ Tutorial. Mr. Roach entered Q.C. in September 1964 and gained ( two dittinctions and a C grade at I the 1967 'A' Level examination. l He is an able exponent of table Mr. AARON tennis and chess. ,..., The picture below shows Dr. Walter Rodney an old boy of Queen's College, who has been For School Days - Speech D~.ys. For any banned for alleged activities against the Jamaican Governoccasion, choose with confidence the Shirt ment.

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The views expres~cd by individuals are not necessarily those of the EdiMr. Clau'de R. Mitchen a retirement, after which I was aptorial Boar<l and School as a whole. distinguished Q.C. old boy 'and pointed a Consultant whilst

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the 1919 Guyana SchoJar, writes us from Montreal, Canada.

It was really at Soecc~, Day to enter the field of agriculture. th at I finally made the decision Previously undecided whether to pursue agriculture or medicine I was so fired with enthu:;iasm' by a speech. given by Sir William Colle t - t he Governor at that t ime - on the merits of agriculture, that I finally made application to Chr ist's College, Cambridge University to read fior the Scie nce Tripos to be followed by a Dipoma in Agriculture.

There were. however, no longer any vacancies at Christ's when I wrote, and if wa1; Sir J ohn Harrison who suggested McGill Uni'versity since they had a strong faculty in agriculture. I graduated in 1924 with a First Class Honours degree in Chemistry with Bacteriology as a subsidiary.

I then applied for a one-year extension of the scholarship to attend the Imperial College in Trinidad, which by then had been established.

A little less than a year ago there was no fence around the Queen''i College Compound. There wa_s instead the remnants of an older fenc:e built way back in the 1950's T o d a y we can be iustly proud of a new fence, a fitting tribute to the versatility of our b.oys. The only feature that mars the beauty of our playing field is the permanence of our Imagine my consternation when I was granted the extenfour pavilions, which collectively exhibit, not only sion to the extent of one-half the a positively disgraceful exterior but als~ an ab- stipend only, but a full extension was granted to another solute determination to shake violently with the scholar, who had b een granted a passage of every wind with a velocity higher than lapsed scholarship and was rearl5 m.p.h. Are these the pavilions to which we are ing 1\1.edicine in London. Shaken and now convinced that Governgoing to invite our parents and friends to watch the ment ,protestations against Guyana Scholars entering the 'c;lner' annual Athletic Sports next year? professions of law and medicine It is our content r o n that this unfortunate were insincere, I sought a car2er in Canada - first entering the ~ituation can be remedied by the Students Council employ of the Canada Starch organising a fund-raising campaign with this spec- Company as a control (Quaiity) ific purpose in mind - to purchase the materials Chemist, then returning to Mc Gill ~..ir a Master's de~ree. and the paint necessary for the reconstruction and For a year after that I worked decoration of these pavilions. In the interim per- for Cross und Blackwell (Canaiod, it m i g ht not be a bad idea if Mr. Chinapen's da) Limited in Toronto before rnterm (( the Canadian Civil Serwoodwork classes utilised the extra planks of wood vice (Forest Products Laboratories Division); this later bein their workshop to make these pavilions safe. came knowrr- a:1 t he 'l'ulp a nd Fram time to time mutterings have been heard Paper Institute of Canada'. in certain quarters of the school concerning the use T here I w0rked under the Chief of the gymnasium. Boys who live in rural areas Chemist, Dr. J . H. Rose, who was ~enerous enough to acknowledite have complained that they have been prevented my part icipat'ion in a new m;from using the gymnasium since its activities in- hod (Injection Cooking) of cooking wood, based on a principle variably never begin before 5 o'clock by which time new universally used. I stayed they are making preparations to catch their respec- with the institute until my recent tive train or boat. They claim, quite fairly, that had it not been for their past contributions the Students Council would -have been unable to purchase the weights in the gymnasium and that the tardiness with which these activities begin have prevented Rohelr (now at St. Augustine, them from taking part in the basketball and weight- UWI) and Mr. J. P. Croal (now lifting sessions. formerly all such sessions began at lecturing at U.G.) were successful in winning the Patrick Dargan 4 o'clock; can this not be done a91in in order to debating competition. He was also a very good athlete, winfaciliate these ~entlemen ?

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ning the senior high jump twice.

A winner of a UWI open scholarship in 1961, Dr. Rodney had an equally brilliant career at Mona. He participated actively in under-graduate life, representing his University in debates against Universities in the U.S.A. during his first term. He narrowly lost an election for the Presidency of the Guild of Undergr':lduat':!s in Ul62.

In 1964 he graduated with a First Class Honours degree in History and in 1967 o'btained his PhD. in African and Oriental' Studies when he was just 24 yrs. of age.

still retaining my right to priv ate practice.

Mr. Mitchell has , posted us some pamphlets, which include two issues of the McGill 'News the official organ of the McGil; ''Old Boys", he will later send us a full Curriculum Vitae together with a list of his publications in scientific journals. At vrc sent engaged on a long discourse of "Garters" and "Miniskirts".

Mr. Mitchell feels that not enough news . is received on the activities of the Q.C. Old Bays' Association; he has expressed his willingness (and that of seven other Old Boys in Canada and Furo,,l' l to join this Association and to subscribe to any new medium-quarterly or yearly put out by the Association.

4 'AWARDED SCHOOL COLOURS Many people were obviously surprised when School Colours were awarded at the end of last tf!rm, only two terms after the previous oc• casion. On this occasion colours were awarded to four boys £or dedication, ability and sportsmanship- in certain school activities,

Laurence Clarke and Donald Rodney were awarded coiours tor Athletics. Clarke was the school's Under 17 Champion for this year, having won almost all the event.c; in which he completed. He established a record in the Triple Jump. Donald Rodney, a gifted and dedicated athlete was last year's Under 17 Champion and was once the .l! o.L' a ve1y .lvng u.cne Hlc Under 13 Champion. Rodney ht:au.1na::,u::.l uc1:, ucc:11 1.eu~ui:, established records in the 1nc:moer:. or we scnuo1 - ar1u mile and the 880 in the Unrtu1u1u 1...u\:!.1..L .:,LlJ..l. i .,S t..O der 17 division this year jJc:111:::!lLS LllaL Llle!r Cc.US ffiU:, , which brings his total numuvL t::,ner 11·u1n t.ne ~amp ber of records to date to five. n.oae1 enu·ance out rrom the ·1 noina& .twaa en trance. l<'or Colours were also presentan equally 10ng time his ed to James La Rose for warnmg. nas been ignorea. Drama. His polished performDespite this no concrete at- ance as Brutus in 'Julius tempt has been made to Caesar' was very promising remedy this situation. If it and he has since produced a were members of the school West Indian play. La Rose is who were failing to observe the first person to be awardthis rule the offenders would ed colours for Drama in re-have been severely punished. cent years.

Is it because the main offenders are parents, this sitGordon Watspn was awarduation is allowed to exist? ed colours for Cadets. Watson Does this put them beyond joined the Corps in 1965 and the pale of the law ? took part in the country's Independence Celebrations in Surely this matter can be 1966. He was promoted to raised at the next P.T.A. the rank of Corporal in Sepmeeting and some action tember 1966 and received taken to reduce the ever- his Sergeant's stripes in 1967. rising list of criminals. We He was Sergeant-Major of can all testify how totally t he Corps from September discomforting it is to be 1967 and was later promoted. pushed off our strip. yes to Cadet Officer. Watson is our strip, by these law-bre.ak- not ?nly the first person to ers e s p e c i a 11 y in rainy receive a Cadet Officership weather. We have witnessed ~or the last four years, but the insulting contempt with is _also the first person to rewhich a sign put up to this ceive colours for Cadets. effect was treated. We are yet to see the time when The School congratulates this racket will be brought these four gentlemen and to an end. wishes them all the best in Concerned. 5 A. the future.

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This year the Corps consisted of Proficient Cadets as well as recruits.

The Proficient Cadets were trained for the Cert. A. Part "2" examination while the recruits were preparing for the Part 1 examination.

Even though the organisation the camp was good, there were a few inconveniences ~xperienced at the commencement.

There were frequent comp1aints about the meals but everything soon got a footing sleeping facilities were of the best order. ol

The Cadets who attended the Camp were: C.S.M. McIntosh; C.Q.M.S. Singh R., Sgts. Carmichael Masih.,Dsa and Ross; Cpls.

Smith, Clarke, King, Gilkes, Marks. Boxhill, Hugh, L.Cpls:Watson, Kirton, Gerrard, Luncheon, Bovell, Ralph and Wallace, Cadets:Husbands, Forsythe, Thompson, C h a s e Benjamin, Ramson, Alleyne, Naik, Bishop Blennman, Singh. T.R., ~arker, Edwards; Recruits: Henry J., Beran, Hing, Ruplall, Mahon, Greene, Singh G. B"eckles, Fraser, Bourne, Ally, Pieters, Adams, Garnett, Massey, Daniels, La Rose, Spencer, S. Singh, Latchmansingh, George, Ralph

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The Proficient Cadets were taught lnternal Security Exercises, Drill, Field Craft and Weapon Training. They were taught more about the L.M.G.; the S.M.G. and S.L.R. weapons and quite a bit of shooting was done. The recruits were taught Map Reading, Drill, Basic Field Craft and Weapon Training (Elementary). No examination was taken at the end of the camp, but this is expected t~ come off at week-end camps to be arranged in ihe future.

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"It has been brought to· my notice that Q.C. boys (at 11.20 a.m. and 3 p.m.) generally ignore two important traffic rules when travelling between Thomas Roads and Lamaha Street; these are "NO OVERTAKING" and "ONLY TWO ABREAST." You must remember that your behaviour on the road reflects t he image of your school. Forget about the "other boy" who rides without holding his handle-pars and darts between moving cars. That boy's life depends on the "other man" the motorist, motor-cyclist, or even the pedestrian - who is more vigilant than he. Should the "other man" fail, where would he be? It is up to YOU whether you live or die. It is up to YOU' whether you have a happy Christmas, a painful Christmas qr no Christmas at all.

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"Such viligance, however, can )only result in the prevention of ta few accidents; this is less than .satisfactory. The? onus lies not only on the part of motorist~ but also on the pedestrians. Carelessness on the part of drivers as well as jay-walking and disregard oil traffic rules are the main reasons why pedestrians account

for a large percentage of the statistics in the Traffic Department.

In the 30 years I have worked with the Traffic Department I have seen young men and young women, in different stages of unrecognition, lyi-ng on the cold marble slab awaiting an autopsy.

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PASSING OUT PARADE Towards the end of the camp. all 61 Cadets passed out at a colourful poarade one Saturday afternoon. Lt. Colonel :M:artindale took the salute, in the absence of Capt,. C. E. Barker (Former Dept. Headmaster of Q.C.). Colonel Martindale told us, after we had marched past in slow quick time, in three squads, that our Corps was a body worth looking at. He said he admired our co-ordination and togetherness and also pointed out that he would be glad ~· h a v e us at the Bas c on a few week-ends to do some pr act i ca 1 work.

On the following day the Camp came to a sad end. It was full of ;..''..m, hard work and enjoyment provided to a great extent by members of the WAC, who were up there at that time. We had a pleasant time chatting with these

PEDESTRIAN MONTH

Two days ago we were pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Fred Peterkin, an old boy and the former Tra(fic Chief, appear on (Snr), Bacchus, Marshall, Boxhill (Jnr.), Ferreira, Caleb, Ali the dais to addre~s the school Qll the importance of 'Pedestian J. A. Month.'

I PROM@ONS Said Mr. Peterkin, '·December Mr. K. Aaron, a former Ser- is the month in which the Traffic geant Major of the Corps wa, Department of the Police Force also promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. records the highest total of acciAs expected, at the beginning of dents und accidential deaths. At this term several promotions this hmP of the year th<c number were made to fill the vacant of pedestrians on the road is places left by the departure of greatly increased bv t he addition certain cadets. C.O.M.S. R. Singh of school-age child;en now freed was promoted to Sergeant Major, from lessons. Inf-ected by th~ Sgt. Carmichael to C.Q.M.S. Cpl. Yuletide r.pirit they rush from L: Clarke to Sergeant; Cpl. A. store to store to fook at the tcys Smith to Sergeant; L. Cpl. K. and gifts which they will buy Bovell to Cpl; L:Cpl: C: Watson with their Christmas money, to Cpl; Cdt. B. Robertson to L. pocket money or what-have-you Cpl; Cdt. Henry O. L. to L.Cpl. money. Motorists, cyclists and and Cdt. Husbands to L .Cpl. motor-cyclists (who will be forcThe Corps extend its congratula- ed to park their vehicles in order tions to these new N.C.O's. "On- to shop and will become pedesward, upward, may we ever go." trians for a while) should realise the wider implications of discourtesy on the road and be extra-ordinarily vigilant during this month."

girls and all our fun was climaxBy MIRVIN GARNETI' The 1968 Training Camp for ed by a bumper All-ranks dance the Cadet Corps took place at At- on the first ~o last day. kinson Field from 25th of August ROLL CALL to the 9th of September.

On the 2o&th of August all ranks left Georgetown for camp, under the command of 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Robinson.

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This graceful and distinctive jetliner, the first supersonic aeroplane to be ordered by the world's airlines, is the joint achievement of British and French aircraft engineers. So fat options have been placed on 71,.

Concordes. Concorde prototype 001 is due to make the project's maiden flight in November 1968 and should be followed into the air early in 1969 by Concorde 002. The aircraft is due to be in airline service by 1972.

The picture above shows some of our older students working in an Art class. The "Lictor" offers a reward to the first one of its readers to identify all the persons in the photograph. As this photograph was taken some years ago, we do not expect many readers to successfully identify more than two of the persons. The decision of the Committee is finar.

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First we welcome Mr. Frank Malvney. Born in New Amsferdam in 1929, he received his primary education at the Cumberland Methodist and Sheet Anchor Anglican School s. Hd tben proceeded to Berbice High School and has been teaching at his Alma Mater for the past ten years. A non-graduate pres• ently attending the University of Guyana, Mr. Maloney hopes to graduate with a language major in French and Spanish.

As games-master for B.H.S. Mr. Maloney often managed teams for the Dias and Jacob Cups when th_ey _ competed in Georgetown he thinks that this tourney should be re-started since it was a means ofl fostering better relation s among the schools concerned QC, Saints and BHS. Vlhen asked to comment on the standard of discipline in this school at the moment he replied, "Well, it is quite high but I sti!l think there is room for irnp'rovement." He added that past teams were generally much better and that the thought of such external competition does not appear to stimulate much interest· among 1he Upper School Born at Cotton Tree on the West - coast of Berbfoc in 1940 Mr. l()marally Mahamadeen received his primary education at Cotton Tree Government and his secondary education ~t BHS.' After leaving school, he taught for .about two years at Rosignol Qovernment school before joining 1he <;taff at QC as a lab assistant in April 1962. While a lab assistant he attended the U of G. from its inception in 1963 and 2raduated with a B.Sc degree in Biology. Mr. Mahamadeen feels the standard of discipline a t QC is even better than that normally expected Prom a school of boys.

Mr . Ivor Eric John Fi elds was brirn at Henrietta Village on th d Essequibo Coast in 1943. He sl arted his primary education at Anna Regina and subsequentlv <'nmpleted it at the St Phillips /I nglican and St. Ambrose Anglican Schools ih Georgetown. p. " old boy of Queen's College which he attended from Sept.

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ex amination. Mr. Fields, renown ed for his athletic prowess while at school, was the school's table tennis champion and has held all the individ ual division athletic championships - from under 13 to Op•en - while a t school, his Open 220 and Under 15 Hig h .Jump records are yet to be broken! He attended Allegheny College where he graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and obtained his master's degree from Case Western Reserve University College.

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taking part in the 1964 and HJ6'i Mus ic Festivals-" He thinks there has been a vast improvement in the standard of disci,pline at QC and ad ded that discipline in the school should not present a Mr. Robert Leroy Turner was "'rr·l,1~'11 f '.' sc m e time. Asked to born in Nashville Tennessee in amplify th is s tatement he said, 1943. He was educated at the Tennessee Agricultural and In dustrial Univy_sity, gra duating The old Robo has b een promotwith a B.Sc. degree in Phys ical ed fro m tank driver to despatch and Health Education. A membe r rider s ince he has returned from of the Peace Corps, Mr. Tur ne:tr aining. actually v isited all the Gov t.

Secondary Schools in his capaPop tunes h ave become popular city as Physical Education in Q.C. sin~e Spider Tur ner joinspecialist and cons iders the response and the co-opera tion give n the staff. him by the boys of QC as exSources' 'Hush Puppies' m ust cellent. Mr. Turner will be wit h have eat en ochroes since all their us for two years. He consirler!" 'hair ' has dr opped off. discipline at QC remarkably high P atch r efu sed a two-to-one bet and clearly distinguishable from the All-Age schools. during th e American Presidential Elections tm the grounds of posMr. Gerald Chin Sa'l1 w as sible contamination of his ch.Dice born in G~or getown in 1944. He by the change in the marginal received his primary ed ucation utility of the money. at the Dolphin Govt. School and h is secondar y ed ucation at CenN.K.R. h as sold P9655 ang tral High and St. Stanislaus Col- bought a comb. lege. Mr. Chin Sam attendecl King's College, London Univec The Earl of 5D has h e m told sity graduating with a B.Sc to go back t o Nuttingham.

(Hons ). degree in Special MatThe Head Boy has got long hematics; his post-gradual( p·mts at long last studies were conducted at thr Bom ber invited Buns to the Univers ity of Toronto. F er hi~ part, M'r. Chin Sam fe els that Tuck S hop one d ay. Bomber to discipline at QC has so Par been Buns: "Er, where d oes your p reference lie-a tasty sponge or an satisfactory. ice-cold drink of maubeer?"

Born in Georgetown in 1950, Mr. Derek Milton Alexander The following head the list of Bernard was educated at Cum- profess ion al Tuck S hop 'Buns' berland Methodis t and Kitty and itinerant beggars: Salara Met hodist Schools. He won a J oe, Arnold.

Ripper, Vigi, free place to Queen 's in Septem- Biafran and Czar. ber 1960, and was ver y prominent in the literary circles while They can collect your pur chasat school. A former executive es faster than y ou might bemember of the Liter ar y and De- lieve possible! bating, Historical, Geographical and Dramatic Societies, Mr. BerSocra tes h as composed a new nard recalle d "I was a m ember Christmas song "Rudolph t r of the Junior and Senior choirs bald headed reindeer."

No Secrets About Our Prices r On every item of merchandise in our store, you see the price clearly stamped in easy-to-read figures. You see what you pay for as you shop.

You never have to stop and ~ ess at the price of any article. As :r result you complete your shopping in less time.

At the checking stand, the price of each item appears in plain figures at the lop of the cash register.

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Mac of L6C was revelling in a state of ecstatic joy in the library .• Buns to Mac: "Boy it is apparent that you have had a bath and some loud gert from a restaur ant."

Frn.m 1he m::tcallister 'Book o f Quotations:' t o Shepherd "Cease to exist" ; to t h.~ L6C "Oh , !h e fickleness of marks"; on mar r iage "Many ar e called but few can ret ain it"; after a lengt hy dissertation "That was my first chance t o r ead it properly."

Th e Panther was seen kicking his cycle keys at an angle of s~venty degrees to his left foot whilst in the basement the other day - a little rest goes a long way.

Ch oppy i;:; now known as "Sock i t to the Grand Dame."

Balance to Gap who had just equated a pound '.o sixty ounces: Bomber lost a two-bob bet that Boots' fri end, Buxton Anni e, "B-Boy you have just devalued the pound." cou l l not bea t him in a weightlifting cont est.

The horses in the Modern A 1 stable are tipped to make a clean Dood has bee11 awarded the Alsopp Debating Cup in the ab- sweep in the Eastern Front sence bf the original participd:,t s Sweepstake. Bradusa is Classical's lone entrant. of the competition.

Bifil that some weeks ago the P anther and Lim of the Lower Czar sacrificied c ne wee~s lySixth are said to be taking Social m inge time to catc!1 up with the Science lessons.

101 m in Spanish. Up to the time of writi1:1g the form has not Thcs~ very characters have caught up with him. zealously learnt the lines of A cryptic remark from Gap: Othe llo and Iago in anticipa tion "If Sodium teaches you, English of next year's production of Litera ture for t he O Level and 'Othello'. you take 'The Warden' into the Whe n Robo asked Ken whet- examina tion room, with luck her the r eason for his s ober mein you might make th e lowest was th e loss of wife, K en sor- g1 ade-"

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That was R. C. G. Potter the immortal of Guyanese legend, and one of the greatest Queen's College boys "of yore".

Born in 1899 at Graham's Hall on the East Coast of Demerara, he was the son of a schonlmaster. . At an early age R. C. G showed his academic prowesc; by attaining Junior Honours in the 1913 Cambridge Local Ex· ami11ations and winning the 19H Senior Honours too.

discipline and hardwork. "I remember once, we had a y. un~ master", he said "and there was also a particular form which u~ed to get into detention ju ..t 10 molest him (as detention The Queen's of his days wa!; master). 'The master reported it sit uated where Bishop's is to- to the principal. Now, one afterday. His days were the days of noon. this form gc,t into detcrr-

tion as usual. - Just when the boys were on the stage making funny remarks. the principal came in, called all the boys on the stage, and gave each boy 1welve. From . then, the master never had any trouble. emof After leaving school and furthering his studies Mr. Potter continued his dist inguished career as a teacher. He has ta1,1ght at, among other institutions, the Teacher's Training College for ei1(ht years. al Queen's in 1943, in '57 ~ l:il' and here a~ain although for one term in '63.

Undoubte<'lly, the crownini;t of hie: career has been the acceptance of his composition as thl:' National Anthem. Once again, it is an ex-Queen's boy who has created history.

At the end of the interview for "Lictor", R. C. G. admitted :whrn I wac: at school - I did everylhin[! tha' could have been do11e." Fifty years from no·,.., how many of us can say so?

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With the advent of our new games Master, Mr. •Pete' Turner, baseball fever gripped Q.C. This game has caught on even fast.er iha.'1 did basketball last term and is in such great demand in the Lower School that the possibility of . a championship for . these forms exist. However, although most boys will tell you the basic rules of baseball and can say that it . is America's national summer game, there is more 1o it than that. Where was baseball founded? By whom?

BIRTH OF A BALL-GAM'E In the north-eastern corner of New York Slate in the small community of Cooperation, a young schclar named Abner Doubleday discovered "Townball." This loosely organised forerunner of today's baseball was played by the boys anu young men of Cooperstown until Doubleday, unable to endure the confusion of the game, introduced three rules tnto "Townball" thus ~as baseball born. Double~ day gave Townball diagrammed bases. a limited number of players and ruled that that a "battler" could be put out by a fielder touching a hase with a ball AlthougnDoubleday taught baseball to the young men around his home area it did not catch on until the Civil War when Doubleday, as a major-general ·'1 the Union army, taught the wme to the soldiers in the camp.

After the war, these men took '>ar.eball back to their home town 1nd helped to spread the game 'Ill over the country.

COMING OF THE PROFESSIONALS In 1845, Alexander Joy Cartwright, a young New Yorker formert with eight of his :;ociety 1 ' riends the first elver base ball team. the Knickerbockers. Their first game. the first to be play~d l)n a diamond took place in June 1846. Cartwright is credited with being the first to put bao:;e balJ'!" rules on paper. and it was he who estahlished the 90 ft. distance between the bases. The first professional team, The Cincinnati Red Stockings played for the money which was collected in a hat at the end of each game, thi~ being as much as $1,400 (US ).

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"I won that in 1917 for the half mile", he said, his face softe ning as he reminisced, - that's fifty years ago." Then he shyly confided" !or three years I won the half-mile! He was also a member of t~e, s_chool football and cricket team, and captain of a football team in Jamaica in 1920. Then he lay down in the Berbice chair and relaxed in a rare conversational mood.

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Red's to an unequalled season with1Jut a defeat, was the first player to be elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

THE HALL OF FAME Since Wfrfbt, many player s have gained this distinction.

Men llke Connie Mack, the great Mickey Mantle and recently Roger Maris, the greatest player of the sixties, and not least the greatest batter of• all tim~.

Babe Ruth, have had thefr names engraved in the Hall of }fame.

Known as the 'Sultan of Swai'.

Babe was the idol of millions. In 1927 he hit a record 60 home runs, beaten on in 1961 by Rog...r M1;1ris, under a different scoring ::-,ystcm, and in more games.

LEAGU,:S The ffrst major league, the American League was formed by B. B. Johnson. Today, however the National League controis most of America's professional baseball. Apart from the league pennant. the most coveted prize in baseball is the victory pennanth in the World Series. won this year by the St. Louie; Cardinals.

From the 'Town Hall' of Cooperstown to t he polished, sophisticated, professional baseball oJ today, is a long lone- way, anrl it has taken men like Doubleday, Cartwright, and players like Babe Ruth to give us at Queen's College the finished version. Can we, and if so will we use it? I hop'e so.

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by Wilton 0. R. V . Nedd An eminent p~chologist has defined sex as, "not merely a bioJogical urge to ,reproduce but an instinct to seU-expression. ''Freedom of mqvement, experimentation and independence in play. creativity, constructivity and imitation in the nursery ai-e all forms of self-expression, which are connected with the general sexual development. In order to facilitate the normal progression of sexual deveJop · restricted. The person who re ment t6ese factors should not be gards sex as a rather special or

even unique kind of urge imp£;11· ed by a specious klnd of instinct and leading to a specious klnu of experience, which is somehow uther naughty but nice, is going io impede his own development and may seriously impafr his mental health.

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Whenever a child asks his teacher about rep roduction or the actual p rbct:ss of birth, I believe that he or she is entitled to the plain unvarnished truth, or af> much of it as is necessary to satisfy his curiosity at •he mo-

MABARUMA SPORTS In the field of sports, we played the Hosororo Cricket Club in four different games, cricket, football, table tennis and volleyball. We lost in cricket, volley ball and football but in table tennis our opponents were no match for our team. The football matches were the most exciting of the games.

Competition was keen but in both games our team ignored many chances, of scoring. On August DEPARTURE Sunday and Monday, the duration of the cricket match, we We left Georgetown around were invited to lunch by the t hree on the afternoon of the 29th Hosororo Cricket Club.

J uly 1968 to began our ten days tour of the North West. Our adENTERTAINMENT venture began in the late afternoon when we first felt the There was no lack of entertainviolent upsurge of the sea. The waters were so rough that one ment during the tour. On Wed''authority" stated it was the nesday 31st J uly there was a film in the Agricultural ! oughest stretch of waters he had show encountered for some time. Many Station and on Saturday there passengers aboard the "Lady was a dance at Mabaruma. The Northcote" were sea-sick includ- invitation to the dance was ini: a few members of our partv. limited to sixth formers who really had a wonderful time.

When they returned, they desOMINOUS ARRIVAL cribed a memorable journey Rain fell heavily during the through the hills by land rover, night and though we tried to that night. t leep under the unfavourable On Augu~t Monday there was conditions, it was difficult. I emember thinking that morning another dance held this time by would never come. We awoke the lfpsororo Cricket Club which n ext day in a different type of we were all permitted to attend. country and arrived at MoraAU REVOIR whanna Stelling some two hours a fter six o'clock. After disemFinally, in return for the L arking. we took a government l-1unch which carried us to the kindness shown us by the other bank of the river. There, a villagers, we held a farewell Ministry of Works and Hydrau- dance to which we invited .all lics truck awaited us. We had not those whom we had come in travelled eight hundred yards contact with. This dance was when the truck broke down. Dur- held at the home of the Agricul;ng the long wait for its nistora- ture Officer, who had been very tion to working capacity, some helpful throughout the tour. advent,urous chaps decided to We left Hosororo around .five walk the rest of t he journey; the 1 est of us preferred to wait for o'clock on the morning df Thursday 8th August, fortified with our transport. memories of the exciting night before. For the next twentySCENERY seven hours the 'Lady Northcote' Our journey was interspersed was to be our abode. F ortunately with some of the most the return voy.ag,e was not as i eautiful landscapes in the coun- rough as the preceding one. try. Our destination was . the Hosororo Agricultural Station In concluding I must say that :-nd for the rest of the tour we the tour was an exciting and I.Junked in one of the houses there memorable experience. Indeed, During the next nine days or so we learned a great deal about we were engaged in many activi- our country's interior. My only ties which included "friendly'' re.;. et was not having been able card games and 'friendly' visits to visit the Manganese Company to coconut and pear farms. How- at Matthews Ridge. ever, we had to go on our own sight seeing tours since none had R. A. F. Thompson. been officially organised.

SA. It had been decided by the Tour Club's committee to visit Mabaruma during the August vacation, Mabaruma is only five miles away from the Venezuelan Border, and is the Administrative town of the North West District.

H owever, t he touring party act ually stayed at Hosororo which is about three miles south of Uabaruma.

tions. I do not believe that the best results can be achieved by a teacher r eading out a written lecture - no matter how perfect it might be. The instruction must be his own and must be truly au exp1·ession of himself.

Finally, I would like to suggest that sexual education be taught in all periods and not be confined to any special period or subject. 'fhis means sex education should fol!ow logically fi:om different aspects of certain subj eels, a good example being Iago'3 preoccupation with sex in Shakespeare's 'Othello'. This will ensure that pupils fully realise the inter-relationship between all the subjects on the curriculum.

ment. Small children are naturally realists and will usually accept such .facls, if i mpersonally presented, without demur.

In lleallh Science a trainmg in personal cleanliness should be carrieJ out as unobstrusively as possible, so as to minimise the child's physical sensations associated with urination and defaecation for instance. While such an establishment is a vital necessity, it is very undesirable 'to make the child too conscious of them.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT In sex education much of the individual instruction which a child should have would come from home instruction. This sh culd be reinforced and liniced closely wlth the cJass instrucHon. Naturally, the kind of instruction, the extent of factual information and the form in which it is given, must ultimately depend upon the state of the child's development. While some people object on principle to sex education being given in schools, for fear that it might have a di~turbing effect on their children, we can hardly accept this view as logical since we would have to ban history for instance, lest it arouse a conflict of emotions

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and sentiments, In the minds of a few children. The few chlldren who might possible be affected would be those of mixed parentage of non-conformist upbringing and from homes pervaded by political partisanship.

CREATIVE PORM OF SELF EXPRESSION The imparting 01) sex education is itself a creative form of i:elf-expression. Much of the value of such instruction depends. upon the character and personaliLy oi the iastruclor. In other words the instruct.or must possess a 'high degree of sexual stability, he must be able to read pornography and not be affected by the vivid and lucid descr ip-

YARDS" At the sound of the gun, Off they run, Like a pack of hungry wolves: They breathe i n rasps, And short-lived gasps, As they cut the track before them; Their hearts do thump, Their tendons jump, As they near the looming tape; The race is o'er, the tape is rent, Fully is their energy spent!

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HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIPS .Towards the end of last term the 1968 Handicap Championships were held. The tournament attracted 105 entrants and was most successful, since much ta lent was spotted.

There were constant upsets throughout the competition, the first being the defeat of captain Clarke (1-8) at the hands of Carter (1-2). Young Carter mixed his game well to outplay his more experienced opponent· Then Kirton (1-4) provided regular surprises as he wound his way to the semi-finals. "Ripper" was always there at the table. playing rather unorthodoxly, ba1fling his opponents with the constant pressure he applied on the ball.

matched by everyone, even his team mates, kept his head up and played a variety of fine strokes to place himself in the same round as Greene. However, much to the chagrin of these bovs and their well-wishers, our "ambassador s" were unable to cope with the opposition encoumered.

Nevertheless everyont': gained much more experience by taking part in this tourney, and it would not be surprising if we sc>cure a place in the finals next year.

Up to the time of writing tl'le other tournament the Sherlock Cup had not got underway. Our team will be chosen from Ble,1mann, Harris, Greene, Phillips and Clarke (capt). We wish our team the best o.fl lucki NATIONAL EXB1BI1.JON

Towards the end of last term an exhibition was arranged by the Tennis Clubs to climax the year's (1967-68) Table Tennis activities. Toe National Stars, both male and female, were invited by us to give exhibition matches one evening in our dining hall. As the players were thqn preparing for the Central American and Caribbean Championships they willingly agreed and put on a superb display.

They were introduced and we1conied by our captain before the matches commenced.

In the semi-finals we say Kirton battling it out against Phillips (1-8). Kirton's performance was superb but his inexperience was the cause of his defeat. In the other semi-final Blenman defeated Forsythe in quite a good match.

The finals was a one-sided affair with Phillips always lookin~ the better_ player. Blenmann 11~ed his o.efence to his best but was virtually unable to sustain the powerful smashes sent down 'f'h.,.. mt>mhers of th" Queen's both wings of the table by Phillips, then only in fourth form. f'f'llegc Table Tennis club take So Phillips emerged H andicap flris opportunity to thank the G1,''l'A for making this exhibition Champion for this year. th,: success it was.

EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS After a long absence from ~xternal compl:?titions Queen's Collegf! entered the National Championships this year. We took part in the Venezuela Cup (Boys Under 18) and the Sherlock Cup (Team Championships). In the Venezuela Cup we sent up ten boys and our performances were not bad, by any means. The ten players were Clarke, Blenmann, P hillips, Fi e 1 d s, Christophe, Clreene. W., Cunhua, Mendy. P. Alleyne and Carter. Of these five were eliminated in the first round. Gre1me and Carter managed to get through to the Quarter-finals after superb playing. Greene dispensed of one of the seeded players in the third round to earn his place in the quarter-final, while Carter, un -

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During this Christmas term the Lower School Form Championships were run off after a lapse of two years.

• Though the Competition did 1 noi stimulate as much interest and! excitement as was expected, it managed, nevertheless, to bring certain prom1sm g youngsters to the fore.

The first-~tmners tried their best but were virtually unable to cope with the experience of the third formers and to a lesser extent, of the second formers.

Nevertheles&, that spirit and enthusiasm was always present, among the ever-trying youngstt,?rs- Young Kerstern and Perodne were rather impressive.

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One year ago baskeltball was orga:r.ised by Mr. Kretsch, former physical e<hication master, as a form of recreation at Queen's. It was at this time that a few inter ested members of the Upper School b egan learning "the rudiments of the game. When Mr. Kret'.;c~ departed at the end of the last school year he had sueceeded in having basketball sanetioned as an official school game.

This term, under the able supervision of Mr. Turner, about ie,, l oys began intensive practice •vitl) the intention of entering a te::im in a proposed basketball ·om,etition for Secondary Schools. However, Q.C· ultimately entered a te'lm in the National 'B' LeaPJe compethion. Gold and hlack uniforms were ordered, practice sessions intensified, and Q.C. eventually made its entry into competitive basketball back:-d by many enthusiastic supporters.

The main reasons for our inglorious record -of 1 win, 5 losses and 1 draw were our team's inexperience, tendency to crack up under pressure and lack of shooting power. Many basketball 'experts' noted moments of brilliance in Q.C.'s playing and some even predicted that with more experience Q.C. would be a team to watch in future competitions.

S p o r t s Q,-u.iz By "The Kid" (i) For which country does Eusebio Fen-eira play international soccer? (ii) Who was the first and only man to knock out Joe Louis during his career as as amateur boxer? (iii) What is the name of the American athlete who recorded the world's fastest ever 200 metre time earlier this year?

What was his time? (iv) Who was Guyana's lone representative at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome? (v) Who is known as the father of modern cricket? (vi) Which Negro athlete est ablished a record 26 feet, in the long jump event in the 1936 Berlin Olympics? (vii) From whom did Sir Frank Worrell take over as captain of

the West Indies cricket team? (viii) Since January 1966 John Surtees has competed for three separate work t eams. Can you name them? (ix) What is the name of the former West India n batsman who is presently an executive member of the Moral Rearmament Movement? (x) Who is Guyana's national table-tennis men singles champion for 1968?

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This year's Senior Champion oionshics are scheduled to begm on 18th November. Eight playerr. ar.e seeded. They are Clarke, Phµlip s, Blenmann, Harris.

Greene, Alleyne, Bourne and Gill. I t is expecte<Lthat one of these players will carry off the Championships.

The Junior Championships will also be r un off this term.

possible to envisage Q.C. as a major contender .in the world of competitive basketball in the foreseeable future.

Fine individual performances SCORES : were turned in by Ramsammy, our chief scorer, Massiah, Hansen 1. Rovers 50 Q.C. 24, and Mr. Turner. There was, how2. Ten 51 Q.C. 32 ever, a tendency to play more for 3. Royals 51 Q.C. 16 the individual than for the team 4. Mc Kenzie 30 Q.C. 27 ..a practice detrimental to te~ (Match blown off with 5 minspirit. Nevertheless, a s basketball to go.)

5. Eagles continues to flourish at Queen's 30 Q.C. 16 and our team's proficiency im6. Celtics 66 Q.C. 26 proves with prac!ice, it is not im7. Q.C. walked over Ravens.

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U'he twelve forms were divided into two sections. 3D emerged easy winners in section A with 42 points out of a possible 50 and 3C won section B with 44 points. At the time of writing the finals. have not been played off but it is expected that 3C wiU 1-;,i_n easily.

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On the other hand Raleigh ball. L. Persaud and skipper House skippered by F- Massiah Massiah lent him solid support. who narrowly missed the National Schoolboy Team triumphed GLITTER LACKING over all odds to win their section The competition of itself lacked in the same manner as Nobbs. some of the glitter of previous Beating initial favourites Austin years, but nevertheless there boasting such names as National were quite a few fine performSchoolboy Star Cheddie, Hales, ances. The most exciting team Morrison and Clarke, Raleigh was that of Percival House who simply waltzed away with their were ra!ed as 'fodder' for the big section. School batsman Morris guns. These youngsters, led by made the first fifty by hammer- Nedd (not best known as a cricking the Austin House bowling eter) and, possessing no cricketing and followed this up with fine personalities, helped themselves performances with both ba± and to first innings points from Pil-

grim House, gammg the only outright win of the competition by beating the highly favoured D'Urban. This match had all the spectators, the largest number in years, on their toes. They swarmed round the boundary edges, and play even had to be held up as snme encroached on the field.

So gripped were they that none realized they were slowly inching forward. Coming from behind on first innings, Percival led by Captain Nedd really set the fi':?ld alight, with every man throwing in his lot, and even running byes to the wicket-keeper.

The matches Austin versus Weston and Pilgrim versus D'Urban also had thrilling finishes as both Austin and Pilgrim with their last pairs in tried unsuccessfully but valiantly to

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RESULTS OF THE MATCHES: Nobb& n Cunningham: Cunningham 50, Jackman 3 for 5 runs. Nobbs 55 for 4. Blue 19.

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D'Urban YI Pilgrim: D'Urban: 85 for 7 wickets declared.

Jervis 5 for 17. Pilgrim 83.

Wallace 34, J ervis 15. \D'Urban 3 pts.

Percinl n Nobbs: Percival 2,i, seven batsmen failed to score. C. Jackman 4 wickets for 1 run. Percival 100 for 5 Nedd 35 not out, Moore 20.

Nobbs 61 for 5. Blue 18, Jackman 17. Nobbs 3 pts.

Pilgrim n Cunningham: Pilgrim 104. Jervis 18, Mohamed 15 n.o., Ishmael 3-13, Venner 2-15. Cunningham 44. Venner 10, Jervis 4 for 14 Woodford 3 for 14, Pilgrim 3 pts.

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Raleigh vs Moulder: Moulder 34. Shah 4 for 3 runs. Raleigh 84-4, Persaud 32, Morris 27.

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~e:!n~fi;:;~r~a:g:~ns:l~e:~l~~~ best innings so far in leading his team to their outright win over D'Urban House. He played every snatch victory. Three and two stroke in the book and some of runs were all they needed when his own. This season saw the their last wickets fell. D'Urban part timers come int o their own.

House was runner up to Nobbs, and Weston was second in the TALENT other section to Raleigh House.

Andy Morrison of Austin Unlike previous years, school- House with his well flighted off players failed to dominate the breaks claimed twenty wickets competition. and it is a pity that this is his last year in shcool, for his House STARS FAIL will surely miss him. Alli of In fact early failures by Weston House, Jervis of Pilgrim, Cheddie , and Hales, as well as Phillips of D'Urban, Richmond of London of Austin and Moulder Percival, MorriS' of Raleigh and Houses respectively were the main Marshall of Nobbs accounted for cause of their teams being "in most of the wickets taken in the the cellar." Nonetheless, fine per- competition. All in all, there formances were turned in by C. were a few youngsters such as Singh of Cunningham House who Christophe of Moulder, Granger, hit a sparkling sixty-eight off Dookie and L. Persaud who Percival House. New boy Venu':?r, showed signs of talent. They will proved a leg spinner, is a gem, shortly be good enough to cause bewildering all of the batsmen a few members of the School's Team to pull up their socks. Well we go into the final with hopes of bright entertaining cricket, and h~re I take the opportunity to stick my neck out and predict a win for Nobbs the second year running.

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D'Urban n Hobbs: Nobbs 126.

Blue 44, Gordon 25, Bradshaw 4-43. D'Urban 67.

Marshall 5 for 11. Nobbs 3 pts.

Percival TS Pilgrim: Pilgrim 110. Wallace 32, Richmond 6 for 33. P ercival 121 for 8 declared. Caesar 44, Moore 13.

Percival 3 pts.

Moulder n Austin: Moulder 86. Morrison 6 for 11!. Austin.

124 for 4 declared. Cheddie 42, Morrison 38. Austin 3 pts.

Austin vs Weston:• Weston 53: Morrison 5 for 18. Austin fiCJ Hales 12. ' PerciTal n D'Urban: D'Urban 95 for '8 declared. Richmond 5 for 30. Percival 49. Nedd 13. Phillips 7 for 20. D'Urban 12 for 4 declared. Nedd 3 for 7. Percival 152 for 8, Nedd 26.

Percival 5 pts. D'Urban 3 pts.