The QC Lictor - April, 1969

NEWS

FEAJURES

Athletics

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Speech Day

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Student's Coun cil

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New s Master

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Lette r to the Editor

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Football

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Table T ennis

Cricket Report

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LECTOR " :tftbeles <Tdbipue [r£tHes"

Student's Council

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Perspective Review

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E. 0. Pilgrim

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Our School Cadet Corps Test your Knowledge

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Concerning our School

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Cabbages and Kingb

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I'RIDAY, 18th .\PHIL, 196~

Austin House dethroned as:

Percival scores a resounding victory tn c·ontrast to last yen's atle-

lic meeting, it is a miracle that

lhi'> year 's Athletic Champion<;hip w as concluded without the n ervous breakdown of its m ajor organker.

Even before the Sta ntlard Trials started . ther e. wac; birkerinir a nd dissen ts over how cert:a in events should be r un aml the ~e composition of rertaln team even ts.

traditional march pasl of houses, some boaf.ling between 20-30 competitors, and Pilgrim House two, we settled down to ;;1 day of thrills and exc1tfmer.t.

'Ille favourites were Percival ~'JIANDARD TRIALS (A), Moulder (G) and Austin Austin Houc;e begau their de(C). At tne end of thl! secon•i D. Peters (Al only qcent from the very first clay of just rcaches tile tape the Standard Trials. The leader. grr,up of events, it secured th.:- ahend 01 a determined and this was most surprisint 44() yards, all over bar 1he shout- O. uenry (L l. In the 1('1' Perch-al ~ne~rh!'a-1 hv KP it h wac; Mo•1l der Hom~e. Many preBovell jumped into a valiant Under I 7 llJU yards rhcled th n~ they would be relealso point lead, and de!:pite a valiant Event. 'Peters gated to their rightful po~ition ch allenge by Austin House ll!!f came hack to score a in, the lo,ver half or the table

by Clarke and Mo1'rl<.on , they fmc win in the Under within a few dayc;. 'M1ic; WM not never looked back. The fourth 17, 220 yar~ls Event. to he so. for Moulder hrm•qht n race of the day, t he Senior 100 close second with 130 points to yards provided 1he only n ew rePercival House'.:; 133 ror the cord. Running- before a ho<:t of Standard Points Shield. Aus tin fans, imported and internal, House, the Championq were war Hovell of 'A' Houi:<'1 ran a <:rinhark in third place. Fine tcom tillatin!? 9.fl ,c,m,ds fo hei,t the spi rit and in<:p ired hou<:e leaderseven year dld record of T homp- 1011,l ip, fr I' the seventh s traight ~hip hv !\,fr. ln'>anally were main- son by one-tentn of a sE:cnnct. year . At the end of the day, I • r",n"n~ible for Percival success 'Jtiis boY\ has places to go if he Percival House were worthy Of the event~ complete 1 be- trains and ~eceives the enrourchampions, with 239 points and fore Sport!'l Day, L. Clarke of agements he deserves.

Aust in were second with 186.

Austin Home shattered the old Such was their domination, thar fllGHLI GIMS Senior Triple jump mark, by only a few of the other House<; Other highlig hts were providjumping 43 feet, placed f irst had winners d urine; the day. equal with K. Bovell of Percival f'cl hy Fox r •! ·G' llouse in t h 0 Alleyne of 'B' House won bo1 h House in the Long Jump, thus under 15 Dl\'ision. who wun the under 17 440 yards and 880 ensul'ing the Field ChamJ.,ion- t!\'ery eveni open to hi.~1. \Vi.It yards. Munroe in the under 1:; s hips. Holder of Moulder House the right guidance. he too can Divis ion showed promise in won the Senior Shot-Putt. and go places. It v:as at 1 he ~tart of •· ;""'i n ,:,: the long and high jumps, m J'ayn e or Nobhs the Senior Cric- the relays that Aus tin put while D'Urban 11pset 1\Ioulder in ket Ball. In the u n del' 17 and their challenge. With both Jun- the tug-o-war. under 15 divisions, PhiUips of ior and Senior events. they cut D'Urban House and Fox of down the lead. Perciva l won the 'fhe last event of the day. the Moulder v:ere already stakirig Medley with Austin second, and 4 by 440 relay provided th e onl clciims of their respective D1vi- in addition 'C' House were pick- dead hea1 of the day, and it wa; mg up every avaii:ible po1m. fitting that the fini.~htcrs were s ionship.

The battle of the giunts was on, <'lark e for Auc;t in Houc;e an:1 SPOWIS DAY which Moulder though flaggin~ Boven for Perci\'al House. A dav 'i'hursday, March 13, was a day with assured of third place. of keen rivalry came to an encl of briiliant sunshine and riolo•1~ /1• ying as hard as they possibly with the Hon. Mr.. Shirlt-y Pat. c,J,,11r It was also Sports Day, at could, •c• House failed in their 1"r~on rrf'<:entinl! the nn7e~ t•1 l.!t, p,1·s Co llege.

After tha qid to win the Athletic Champ the winners, anct granting th" traditional holiday for the nf'xl clay. So ended another Athlf'tir· ~f)CIT'tq n~v at QUf'E'n'c;, Divisional Championc; are follows

B.A.T. TOURNAMENT Once more OUR boys arc in the news. This 1ime we ure gi·catly indebted to Errol Jackman, Daleep Cheddie and Ml'. K. A. Aaron who ha,·e been selected as part of the Guyanc<:e contingerit for the B.A.T. tournament. Du leeµ Cheddie, our cricket cnpt.lin, who was chosen as an opening btttsman has been unable to p lay so far because of a knee injury.

Errol J ackman our bespect'acled

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lcfl-arrn spiru1er has l ce11 haiietl as a luturL' TES'!' 11A1CIJ prnspect, h<'<'au ,c of his \\ iles Ill the buwltng dcpnrtmcnt Keit h Aaron the l'apt,1111 uf inc touring ..; iclt·, was I cccmly congrntu!all:tl by lilt.'

TrinitlatliaJl commentator Mr. Tuny Williams, as the most ::istute cricket c·aptnin 111 the ENTIRE 'lOLH.N,U,lf::NT. llest uf luck lads.

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APOLOGY I

We the members of the 'Lictor' Committee wish to apolagise to all those who h ave been inconA victorious Andy Morrison (A) takes a look a.t the field as he easily venienced in any way by the walks away with th e Open Hur dles E ven t.

Others in p ic'tu r l are late publication of our Lictor. Its from left to right Marks M.E. (F ). 3rd; Clark e L. (C), 4th; Plumm er lateness is due to circums tances IC. (B), 2nd; and Morrison (C) lat, beyond our control.

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THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE !.ICTOR

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rRIDAY, 181h APRIL, 1969

FRIDAY, 18th APRIL, 196~

Doilege · taJ k The U6 Judo expert (Geoff)

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Bernard: Is wha'

The views expres!>ed by individuals, s~opped a V~lks \~agon. with mates.' happen to your finger. are not necessarily those of the Edi· h.1s .hand .wlulst .s1gnallmg a •. ..

• Bernard: Sir green heart splint !oriaL Board and School as a whole. right turn.

'J11e brilliant Chemistry Ma~- went in last evening.

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EDITORL.\L BOARD. 1968-1969

Ecliton Feature Editors Business Staff Sports Editor Photographs Diatribution Supervisor

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G. Caleb and W. Nedd.

M. T. Phillipi, R. Singh, V. Forsythe. J. Dolphin.

D. Hayles R. Ackloo J. LaRose Mr. M. M. Drepaul.

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ter was showing his form how lO arrive at an answer which was 2.5. After his fifth vain attempt his results were 40, 20, 10.

5, 25. Mathematically minded?

Then could you gue~s what the raext number would be.

Balance: Eh! Eh! boy like yot. been scratching you head lil toe., hard.

One afternoon Sticky was teaching a fifth form about • • • maximum and minimum turning Benjy was rebuking a pupil 01 points on a curve. A baffled the fifth form for heing vcr~ WORN who did not quite underfoolish. stand . . . . 'Sir, what is that ?'

Benjy: Yo11 arc trying to ht• • • 'Well, look at me; these two Ivy to Azza of the Lower Sixth wi se but you :ire otherwi~e. curves I have here ~re fitting Boy· Yes sir and you are lil-£:· who wai: bu3ily chatting. Per~ representatives.' (pointing to the haps you haven't, noticed the wise. anterior and posterior sides of his pattern? Or arc you so accusbody) .

• * • tomed to noise that you are Mme. Anne\"le to ,l \lr. Tup,, • • • immune to silence?"

Short people have a tendene:: Mme. Annette was taking her • • • to make ..1p for their height b) fifth form French class one That this same Robo was heard making a lot or noise. c day when she s uggested, m That Robo was heard asking Mr. 'Iup~:· Precisely. Th, order to put over a point one of his students when last he Earl has a tendency of making she was making. "'If is easy ~tw Misir Robo: 'You know. I up for his head, lo say that you ha'Ve I one saw him on the to!) flat of the • • blackboard in this class as against Bank of Guyana.'

Mac C811"e down the corridor many boys.·· The scholastic Moses Boy: 'Sir, why do you stress - 'No, Miss; we also have one lhe top.' Robo: 'Because we al- with a paper Lag. As a matter L ady, 'Anette.' 'Oh yes? I must ways send our boys to th,e top of 'courtesy• he struck Gavin on the head with the contents. Our ,;ay that some of you are ex- positions.'

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NEEDED: A HIGHER SENSE Of STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY Speech Day: ~ .. MOW THE GRASS

The Queen's College Li'Clor strongly condemns the criminal attacks which have been launched against pupils. as wel1 as masters, m·er the past 6ve months or so.

A few hours before the close ol school last term, we may r.eca11 that Singh a fellow student, was surrep :titiously reli1c, eel of his hard-earned property - an Ordinary Level ('O' Level) Certificate, for which he toiled for over four years.

Onoe the most hardened 'delinquent' would have hesitated to commit the unpardonable act of robbin~ a colleague of his only source of employment durrng hi-; post-school period. It seems prepo.,terous for this to be excused, as simply a boyish 'prank'. The rate of petty thievery iln this school is growing lo alarm:ng proportions.

Although the headmaster has apponted an unprecedented 25 prefects, this measure has been largely frush·ated by the irresponsib1e elements in the school who for some reason or the other persist in lea,ung their hooks or other articles lymg around in form room. The lockers are no longer safe, srnce their mysteries have been solved by these young vandals.

You may remember that around the end of November last year, the Bishops' High School Dramatic Society had a performance on om stage. On that ieventful ni!ght three fire ..crackers (squibs) were thrown. The tln·owing of these injurious devices was blamed on Q.C. students.

An inviesti:gati'on later, revealed that these 'crackers were thrown from ,a position when there were a few Q.C. Boys. For courtesy's sake, a representative from the Q.C. Dramatic Society apologized on behalf of those unruly elements of thi~ school. Unn,ly ... this is a rather We are conshocking way to describe innocent lads. stantly being blamed· for actions of which not a single person is the culpable. '\Vhi1le we will not allude to such an atrocity as co1leaguing with some one to desecrate our school, it is utterly horrifying to play a sedate role while we arc befog denigrated, .castigated or vilified by the general public. This anarc.liic minority is gradually tarnish.mg our public image. It is no longer sufficient to sit idly by whi1e the~,e corrosive agents undermine our hard-ened reputation. For this reason, I am appeaHng to you to exercise a greater sense of responsibility in all matters dineclty related to the welfare of our school.

In the drcumstanocs, what is needed is a greater vigilance by the Prefect-body. Chr.istian brotherhood Sodety's enemy is not demands that aJI he watchful. merely the criminal; it is the mastennmd, who would defile the school and ridicule the innocents. Try to curb such cases by coercing them if necessary into doing things more aligned with the best interests of the school.

- Wilton 0 . R. Neeld.

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'It you are. willing to mow the grasg then maybe - ... • said the lady in souriant, while her young audience gasped with disbelief. The pert answer came from the Chairman of our Spee<:h Day 1968, Mrs. Winifred Gaskin, in reply to head boy J. LaRose's request for school holiday in recognitio• 01\ the three Guyana Scholarships by former members of our school.

Though typical m many ways the "vening was much less boring than usual and the interest was proviccd as it should be, hy the speeches of this special occasion. The audience 1l seemed were differently disposed to most Speech Day crcwds. It was one that appeared to have come determ in ed· to enjoy the evening.

There wac:: a general almosphere of interest in the proceedin~-:;. and it eoulcl be obsrrved t h at some boys were aclrn>lly lMe,,ing, par\l(:ttlarly rluring th f; ~oeechec:: of the Leadma:ner and the head-hoy.

Mr. Hctram's sp e ch was an excellent specimen of a headmasters report. ,The headmaster was able to boac::t 0f QC'c:: many distinctions at the 1968 G. C. E. exams. The other sides of school H''.:i, sports and social life - in 1he form of house pai:tics came in for their share of prai.~e However , these was surprisingly little reference to the school's behaviour. ,T his has been attributed to the number of parent8 present. Advice flowed :freely, and was emphasized by the much maligned L at in quot at icms: 'fMeum "J!uum', especially fixes itself in the mind. P erhaps not so many things will he lost :n 1he school if boys remembered this and ~ound the energy to carry any of these found articles, L•P to the office.

The headmaster sat down amkl well-deserved prolonged ap;>laus".

S ir David Rose's speech came in a somewhat ~imilnr stra in. Sir Davir used as many qGotationr in his enlightening speech. He congratulated the sch ool on i~ achievem~ts and compared his own schooldays to those of the modern schoolboy, managing to fit in one or two fairly acceptable jokes He too ;:at to welldeserved applause afier a ~eech

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Balance was heard telling a form: Some people spend 15 minutes in the Exam room choosing five measly questions.

Then they would spend 5 m1.1 utes listening for their narr.e: over the microphone. Well they do hear their names but nothi:lg; else.

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R oly-poly. And y nnd Morey which included quot at ions in had a fight in their form room German: French, Latin and even once. After Andy was declared a English. unanimouo, winner through sheer L aRose's ;:peech, was nil tl:at weight he expounded. "Let there was expected of the winner ol be no arguments. You called for the Elocution Contest for S eniors. a fight and you cam e out second There was applause 1hroughout oest and that was all. hi~ polished perfo.-mance in • which he congratulated ' the Sticky to J ack: Boy I see that i:choal on the activitie~ .:nd achiyou do not like coming to school. evemen1s of the year, bi;; speech Why don't you leave and-wait! culmi n ated in his request for an extra holiday, which wao, given I know of a place of employment for you-Graham's Bakery. Can't a tumultuous welcome. you r ide a carrierf bike? Okay.

Mrs. Ga~km ac; Chairman. h&.d Voice in the background: It seems little to say. but she provided the highlight of 1he ev~ning by as if you have relinquished your post.

11ran1 ing a school holiday, on con• • • riif ion that the sch ool's field were mowerl during the day. So The "Social Scientist" to Ma ..

Speech Day ended on a bright I personally feel that the well; nnfe. with for once each per~on ing of spectacles was a useles;; enine home. without feeling that pest mortem for th e amd ioratior hr had wasted an evening. of your perpetually unattractive M. 1'. Phillips (Feature~ Fd) visage.

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The Student s Council:· WHAT'S IT ABOUT In previous years, the greatest problem was the indifference of the students of this school to the Students' Council. which is s upposed to be a representative body of the s tudents. This condition continues, and some representatives ensure that it does, by not keeping the people they represent in touch with proceedings at the

t>o ..tunity.

When I was in t11e fifth to line ,o rm "'"' all hao up outside the cvck shecl. <>1•i>1T Wec'lnesrlav afternoon anrl Q{ ak in thal radiant 3.00 o'clock •• ,.. rr"' f'l ' i -- i't"!,... ~ f"-"'., ... , .... ,..."""'' Jp"t turns. tensions a nd standing al ea<:e . . .. all in the name of a drill marle cnmoulsory for fifth formers. However the sun wasn't "II t hat nicP 11"'' 1\' " q the cfrill so a petition w.1s lod~ed with the Stu dent Council. Event ually th e drill was scrapoed after hargainin~ between the Student ('ouncil an d the Heatlma~ter.

YOUR RIGHTS

Similarly, there may be !,Something in this schovl that you are forced to do, and y0u do not like, your interests and privileges may be trodden upon Well just tell your S.C. repr e sentative and h~ will tell us, :and if justifiable. the matter will he taken up with those con('erned. You mnst no longer be tiac:c: ive. Stand up tor your righ ts if thev are at stake. ·1'tiel Sturlent Cou ncil w ill stand by you.

'Remember. the S.C. is there to <:.erve you.

1\fanv· ot. you claim that th e Student Cotmcil ser'fes no purnoc:e. but when you !'xamine th<? .,; ,- "r the SC. you will see 1'-" ' ;• rlne - c:erve a purpose.

ST'TDENTS' EXCHANGE ' r- .. , r, ...,,,, th::il 110,1,Pver. we ~h"uM not mea!'ure the success

main as plans unless you pay.

Only when you pay up then the projects will be started and only then can. you see what the SC r e 11 <:;o, :i v " '"' w ill sho .. you what the SC will do.

Wou!Jn·l Pay

Jars to start a project for your benefit. ink khe .

'Phis is the only way the SC can succeed and with YOUR ht:?lp and interest, it will. for the SC is there to serve YOU. For Just as man can shape his own destiny, the destiny oJ vou anj YOUR Studen~ Council can only be shaped by Y OU the members.

by V. Rambihar.

Many of you, and sixth formers in particular argue that you wouldn't pay your 25 cts., because you wouldn't get to use or otherwise of PS infant' an orwhat you pay for. If that is the ganisation as the SC by what ii position, that you pay for somencl>ieved. but by what it attempthing only because you would ted. A nd the SC has ind~ed atget to use it. t hen may I ask ""1 r· - ·• 1·1e : , r what these people have paid gymn. attempted a Public AdQueen·s College after using it dress system. suggested building fl II ,..,.. nrl"'\~µ.l"\f;lf j,·n. c::: f n r""'l , to gain their 'O' and 'A' levels. a fence. arranged a 1O per cent games and society, should re- Isn't it only fair that you return discount for its members from 1 • 'l 1,,.,. t \ \ h \. ..

Fogarty's and sought unsuccessgained a mere 25 cts., to Q C. fuJly 1r 11 · r<>~ ~.- ., ch1rle'1t e" . bear to the member;: of the a~so When you leave school with the ciation. · " ·mite with QRC. ' "al i ; " 1 ir n~ v n11 have ll" inerl So from t be next SC meei inP, frr m QC (aft e.. naying no ~chor,J l he SC was desicmed to se rve anv represe ntat,ve absent thrct! fees) you can earn more in on,, 8 Durpose. and if it has failed. times without excuse will be deday than all the 25 ets. paid per wiih whom does the blame lie? clared no kn,.er a member: end term.

Not with the executive, but with a!"v exc•.1se for absence mi,st b:, An<l again sh·th formers. yo,1 I YOU he members. Whf'n YOl' forwarded t, the ch11i,.tT'an Qt may not, use now or even later bttilt a fence YOU sa• down. ancl least !lt.1' .::. :!a7 b'?~,,t'~ t,e tn" t were proud of the achievement. inn. } C", l, all Te"lre-o-it ati •r >s cts., now, but I'm sure very soon When you built a gym, you were ,-,ill re pre~1, ..ed t::> , eMai'l Pt r,t},pr '"'e0n)p h,,•wino, \"' 1r na me also proud. The SC w~s pros- 11-e mcelb>; u n•il quar t ..- to five '"OU!d. 'lc-rou s then, and you were 1111les~ pre,· ious premi!':~i. n ha" 25 cits. per person oer term proud to be memters, But once been granted otherwi~". 'rhi~ is roughly $] 75.00 """ 1erm the SC started to relap<;e. ),tarted Any representative fi ndinP Jf "VC"V 011<' of n r 11 n1v~ t i) .., c;r sinking you all ahandoned it. that he is not responsible enough will do .!!reat thin~" and great We must remember that if t he or doesn't have the tll"'\e to th;,.,..,.!' tl-i:i• vnTT rot'1rl ~"" 'R .. t Student Council succeeds, we sacrifice to protect the interests first you must pay. Form prec:prcPert :1nrl lf" i'f fA.il ' \Vl"'.o fAi1. of others is referred to the confects will collect the monev.

The arhievements of the SC are stitution in the article beginninJ? next week from Ihe form repreour achievernPn' c 11 s lj--.;,., i"n · 'Any group may recall its resentatives, and the form prefect ~ ,.,,fin ~· n11,· ]i"l1itn•inr,c: presentat ive ... . ' by a threewill use means to collect th" And it is not !WOO for QC ~r, -···- ..• n ~ }>"" " """linri'v .. n • .., i'1 rT'OTIPV . ()f cnur<:p lh r-v wouldn't h:wr> ., "'""'" r"fl""' ;, " f"r icn't i balloting supervised by the form use force. or detention or anytime that you say QC is ,l<Jt onl" prefect.'

1hmt! like th ,, • bec-" u~e thp,·n t he best school in Guyana. but This sh ou ld n ot h a v e would be no need. I do not al so in the Cnribbean. Do vn11 Above is the photograph uf mean to say t hat this. so gieat a n e c e s s a r y .

Ever yone of want you to pay grudingly. Pav Mrs .• Grace Annett "' McClean O school cannot m;.mh,;n & pro- you s h u 1 d h ave reen willinirly and <:Pe what the SC ~~ '4S ,t i the beginning Vacquainted w it h the constitution. can do. gressive and clPs1rc:1ble orgad!>'aof L s tt:?n >. B J n i 1 K uv V J Tt i~ alrc->arlv c:tarlinJ?.

Comtion as the SC. The greatness of But t his is impossible because !ew of ·1ou have cr i;ie" of I h•! ,.,..,iifc->P.~ Iv ill "" apo" infed to find loge. Gu , :rna Mr~. M ... Lean w as our school is yet t" b,. "lToved constitution. There are 150 od,l out the cost 0f varirH<: projects £'du ·ated a l St. Jam.:s-The -Les3 bv n,.. success of the Student new boys who never saw the !'fc. and dLscuc:,dons held to find An ' h rnn Scheol fr .,rn w here Council! cc.nstitution. Many of thef.e ha,·~ out the exact position of the H' she won a Sc:ho'.ar hip to a tBi~ h ·1p ' H ~h School. made repeated unsuccessful at- per cent ciisMunt wilh For,!?arty. "Pd MISREPR ESENTATION tempts to get a cnpy, and the So in conclusion. fellows mem- While there ~·he ,va · prom i,.,, ,t " IT' mg tt> e hockev and 'Ijhe SC Representatives are r~son for this is that there are bers. we C'Omprise the Stude nt P.~~n,.jnfi." n :-i n"1 ~nv "'., i~,.,~.,,,." netball circles. having th"' hon nn fund s with which to dupJic~tc not en ti re 1 y blameles~.

One morning the firs t n o t i c e the e x isting copies. You. by with - opinion or suggestion you have our to r epresent hl'r forms in read was 'there will be an im- h::ldlng your 25 cents are pre- l'an he rhnught to u c: ,,i,i vo1, r the!'e two sports. From there sh e port ant meet 111~ ot th.? sc·. An ·1 venting others from seeing the !'epresentafrJes. Representatives. went to the University of the games captains and society pre- West Indies where she graduated how many ot your representa- constitution. ("' i rlp~ t c: , , i11 hfli '"""rn ""',...,.... ; 1., :ivith a Bachelor of Arts degre" tives were there. Out of 27 form m French wit'.1 Si,:. ..111'.,:1 as su bs1to the people thev lead and• rereps. 10 were present. That And who are the people who '\f ,• 1\1' J ,.,, ,, ha, nevi>1 means 10 out of every 27 of you want to see what the Studen~ present and whose intere<:ts thpv ,1 " taug_ht at any school prior t , were represented at the meet- Council i.s doing?

The very protect. and in future a ttenrl all commg here, but s he !':aid t h" SC meetings. ing. It means that 17 out of neople who do not pay. Appeal!"inC'e he r schoo l clays ··h o had every 27 of you lo;;t you voice ing to all reason, how do you Your contributions which will heard much sa id of pueen·: in the SC. Of everv 27 students expect to see the SC do someW e the boy s an· in this school we could on!:v thing when you hold back your he will in~lv hrr1J <Thl ;., ... : ~ ~ '"' College. everyone else join, to wish yot reach the form perf~ct before know what 10 think of a certain money. proposal. If any of you had any The SC is always plannin ~ Wednesday next week. and then a happy and a fruitfu l s ta~ oqo , .. grievances or opinions the projects, but projects will re- the SC will have Sl 7fi.OO o~d do!- h ere with us.

Students· Council, Thus quite rightly you have then withheld your coniributions, be~use you cannot pay money for somethinq of which you know nothing.

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Few people I eally know wha 1 •~ 1he Student Couucil, nnd what are iti: aim~. I will quo1e a few rclevant sections from the constitino.

You are all membe rs of the Sl udent Association, and .every r n e of you ha« a voice in th r '>fT 'lh '<; (\f this a!'<.;()<'ia tfon.

• r- is i~ so because every TY\Pmbers of Q.C. 1s represented in the Students' Council by hi~ from representative or his captain or society pres ulent. Any toy can brim~ to the notice of t h e Student Council. anv suae:es, ion onir•i- ,., ,... ~··i •v "l"'"" t hrough any of the people who represent h im ii} the council .

Here is a,, exam" le -,f "'""t the Student Cour,.cil can do. what it sh ould do if only given the op-

chances were 10 oul of 27 that we v i h1::ar 01 1hem. Tr.a· is ,he type of representation you have.

It is little wonder thal th~ Student Council can do little or nothing for you. fnr we cannot hear what you say.

Games captaini: and presidents of the various societies are usu11-- ab~t>nf frnm ~(' mee' in!t';.

H1us again, all members whuse interests are protecfen by troese representatives have lost their voice. and in the ab~ence of a leader a decision may be taken contrary to what these memher~ think - but alas then we can't near them.

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A PERSPECTIVE REVi1E.W:· FOR THE LOVEOf MONEY

By Wilton 0 . ' R. Nedd " As far as my limited acquaintance with releva nt facts can stretch no play this length has ever b een written in just below o ne forlnight" - t his the playw r izhl expounds in his best English. He has indubitably record · ed one of the few fir sts i n the anna ls of Guyanese . literature.

Quiet, h andsome and well-spoken .

Godfrey E. MeAltister should be lavished with praise for s uch an ou tstanding achlevement. . After having a long chat with him , he told me that he definitely intends to do English Literature for a Baccalaureate and he will continue writing bits o f Literature in all its forms for an inde f inite period.

Godlrey E. McAllister entere~ Q. C. in September o" 1963. Ever since then he showed a great "nt itude for English writing his first piece of literature - a poem entitled 'Away I gO', fo\ the 1964 65 issue of the Q.C. maga · zine. Whilst 41 t he third form h e won a public-speaking competition for juniors sponsored by the Q. C. Dramatic Society. L att!r in the fifth form he went on tc play one <1~ the leading roles u} Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, that of Antony. Two terms later, he succes!'fully produced a West Indian play - Mamaguy which won the public's admira1ion. An elocutiol' competition the fe llowing year, revealed that our 'r>oet-laureat e', was one of the three best orators in th<:! school ,This is b is sixth year at Queen's~ and at a time when Q.C. is celebrating her 125th anniversary he has written a play th at will last well over three hours on stage - unequalled and unparalleled in Q. C.'s hi:;tory.

realms of unreaJistic fantasy And so perhaps this seemingly unprofitable and detrimental caprice may yet prove to be the setting of new heights." Enough of this aspect, now for the play.

. RELEVANCE T O SOCIE'I'Y .

F or the Love of Money is based on day to day occurrences in a somewhat costumed and dis guised Corm. It depicts the conconstantly conflicting forces o[• virtue and vice. !he average woman who inc'lull!es in 'blind love·.

It portrays the hideous and horrifying image of malicious covetousness, tempered by cruelty, cowardice, scampishness, and vice, given all assistance by u dormant conscience as personified

by Gladwin. This play was written with two main considerations in mind-stage presentation and audience ent1frtainment. By plan ning ind1v1ctual s~nes as essential part.s of lhe whvle ancl the11 by wnting each scene as a sepa· rate work of art, the playwright i., able w hurctle a rr:os~ c,e, astai mg banier and at the same ume acnieve a resounaing sue ce>S. He has quite sagadously prE::sellled scenes that are se11 :rnfficient, that is containmg ns own amusement, hallmarks and literary achievements. the lan· guage of the play is truly impressive - being pervaded by a richness and generosity which reminds one o,.• the Shakespearean period~ and it points t o a higher mode of expression. For ai uivugn ne aoc:s Ul,t uul.Ju, archaic words excessively, the circumspect and flower y mode of expression gives it the archaic tint. lnterest is sustained by the play itself because of its tangib1· lity for dealing with the immortal, emotions of love, of jenlousThis is indeed a revolutionary ly and and of hate. breakthrough by an adamant P ERIOD radical. It can well prove to be The play is set in a period oI a most contributory revelation new and hitherto thought as, about two centuries ago. And i11 unexisting horizons. Our presen\ his own words , 'My reason for achievements, ip this rightly this is to make full advantage of named space-age to our prede- all the facilities and aids ft>r the cessors of one century ago, seem- bethP:ing of drama oi!'.<?red by ed but an amusing dream locked lhal period. Why should a man in the inaccessible and dark hide behind a post and in a

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split second which is undistin· g•.ushed from the rest of the hoU1', shoot his victim, when he can gracefu lly confron! him with the bare sharp point of a rapier and aiter a glorious and dramat!.c display of skili hoth with sword and cape, claim the life ·>f his victim?'

Jn my verbology, For th e Love of Money is a romantic. tragedy wi1h scattered ingr edieot-, of a comedy and infused with the touch of the profane. It is tragical in development, wmical in '-Citing and slightly profal)e 111 its verbose.

CHARACTERS The first act is devoted to the introduction of all the major rharacters and a general setting of the stage fot what is to follow ·1 hus we find a wealthy and jocund Strambo, who has little or no time at all fur his family because of his preoccupation with his business. Hence we find his wife telling h im, that he is 'No better than the common · man who leave on~ woman for another with always more to offer.; and that he has divorced me. for the lust of money.'

We see in Ricardo stability maturity, virtue, a nd in whom has been invested a lot of responsibt1ity because of his start ling character. He is however not the type of man who would incotantly appeal to a girl likP. Claribel - she being an amiable :-mil i111irtatious person but who like a typical woman ' can catch the sickness of love, a nd catch it really ·bad. Th us we find t he f ath er's timel y admon ition to Claribel applicable to Riccard o 111thou!?h it was juc;t voiced as o fC'ner'l l l!u ide.

Gladwin ic; cruel, v iciouc: malicious and covetous and typical of h is typ'e , attractive and cowardly; cowardly enoup.h to engage a woman in a fight and wound her when her attentic.n was distracted. However thic: character which. I a.m sure will appeal to the averaJ?e adventurous reader. has the covete.'1 mcinnpoly of words ancl is awar.? of his envied position.

The second act is mainly devoted tq the ~ystematic construction of a measured climax. 'l;his includes a rather long bedroom scene and Hie cold and calculating murder- plcts that cari unly be construc1ed by a mastermind like Gladwin.

The third -and final act, sacrifices its first scene to a further heightening of the tension. The ~cenes progress with unmatched speed - little details, plenty action and no brain-fraustrating philosophic sentiments. And before realizing it, a li1 t le more than three hours has slipped by.

A LITI'LE OF EVERYTHING The playwright has endeavour ed, with every success to incorporate in this play a little of everything. Inserted in it can be found literary masks, puns innumerable unusual figures of speech and in his own words 'a manoeuvering of words.' For the Love of Moqey. though in some instances highly hyyerbolished, is intended to be a portrait o~ everyday life. In anticipation of its production, I h a v e been told either by the Q.C. ' ramatic or the Theatre Guile'! of Guyana, I wish everyone who has been fortunate or even unfortunate to see it, an evening packed with enjoyment.

FRIDAY. 18th APRIL, 1969

Letters to the

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Dear Editor, Each term, the majorit) of students in Q.C. after a great JI e ver I were asked, 'Wha t is deal of persuasion perhap3, pay man?' their fees. What are we paying Without a moment's thought for? Well. let's have a look at And in answer clear and plain the typical account.

T o him who aske d me I would FEES OF COUR'l' OF OFFICE say, - $ $ s Man is all but. what be thinks himself to be.

EXTRA DEPOSITS - 0 C. Who made .ma n? God ma de CONTINGENCIE - s $ $ man.

Made the sta r s, the planet s, What on earth these two and the sun. statements mean, no one knows!

Indeed ' t.was he who made the No one except the secretary universe, And in his wisdom he adorned alone that is, since she raised the amount la,t half-term. But it are the pupils aware of its With all U1e structures tha t significance?

Does the harassed amaze and awe The simple minds of us puny parent. when he is pushing nb hands into his pocket, compremen How does this mighty God 5ee hend the gra\'e meaning of "fees of court or office" ? man?

Indeed were he not a special being I am therefore appealing to He then woul d not see man at those concerned to remedy this all. situation and let us have comWhat is man? A shapeless prehensible accounts. The fac: hohhing blob. that we pay a "paltry" amount Not worthy to be nolicecl: in comparison with other schools, less still to be mentioned. does not deprive us of our deOne touch of God's finger anrl mocratic privilege of knowing he ceases to exist; what we are paying for.

Then from whence he came .

Yours im,poveri~hedly, hack t o the dust he ;oes.

Azza :L6M (A).

And who w ould believe thic; 'was· the man ( Overtaxed fees payer) .

Who ,vi th the life he borrowed Editor's Note: Azza, I promise, from his mak er ; that I will find out exactly With head on high and pomwhat are these terms and how pou-, pride.

Sincerely thought himself, to and why you do pay fur 1hesc I do not share your view th2t be, you are bemg overtaxed.

All but what he. truly was.

. J., ,._ More than 700 Queen's College pupils enjoyed a luncheon in the School's auditorium, provided by the P.M. Mr. Forbes Burnham last term.

The luncheon w as the Prime Minister's w ay of s howing appreciation and s aying fhank you to the boys for theu contribuiion to a selfhe lp project to fe nce the School r.ompound.

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~. ·O Pilgrim.

- THE FOSTER FATHER

OUR SCHOOL: SINCE ITS INCEPTION

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The year 1969 is of special interest to all Collegians as it signifies the one hundred and twf"nty -fifth anniversary of the found ,ng of Queen's College, or as it was then known, Queen's College Grammar School. The Q.C. Grammar School assemblP.d of the country. At the inception, fees were relatively high -$f:o per annum with an enlrance fe>! '.)f $2o payable to the lihrary funa but 1his was om~et by a provision which empowered donor!< of S100 and upwards to nominate one scholar free of charge 1o the school.

also placed second in the whole b,. ,t isn Empire at the 1866 Senior Cambridge examination By 1920 the school had become very much the institution it .IS today. The house system h ad been started in 1916 with PerciHe came to British Guiana in he remarked about the late Viceval and Raleigh houses, and 1904. 'I started teaching :it Chancellor of the University of the schoo l was competing sucQueen's on 'All F.'.>ols Day' April Guyana. He also had hi~ favou cessfully in many National lst 1905', he remarked with a rite student - Eddie Gonsalves Competitions. Queen'!' boys and wry smile humourously. He who later became Mayer of Masters answered the call to specialised in Mathematics. but Georgetown. arms in 1914 - 1018, and 1939also taught physics. When he 'That boy I liked best. Very 1945 World Wars, and those came to ~ueen's, !here were onl y wickPd boy. But he was moc:;t killed, in these two wars are two houses Percival and 1ru11\\1l although not very commemorated in two golden Raleigh. He became house mas- hri!?'ht. He wou\rl nevPr tell a lie wall plaques in the school's preter for Raleigh. Later Durban to sa ve his skin.' sent s1te at Plantation Thomas and Austin houses were added.

The years from 1844 through Lands.

At that time rnerc were only 'Besides being at \ached to to 1950 represent a determined about a hundred bo;,.s. In th~ Queen's Mr. Pilgrim was repre- struggle on the pa.rt of the school 'l'he entire history of QC is course of time, Pilgrim housP. sentative on the Associate Board 1o attain inte11ec1ual respcctabil- a deq uately sumrncd up in the wa~ named after him. cf music for t wenly seven years. ity. The highlights of these years phrose "Per Ardua ad Astra", He taught in the Queen's at Although associated with Queer.·~ included the winning of the Gil- through difficulties to the heights, Carmichael Street up to H/113, for more • han half uf its h'c:tory christ Scholarship, in J anuary for t he second pha.~e in our his1hel' when it removed to Brick · Mr. Pilgrim ,;ti ll thinks highly 1872 •'rom a fie ld which includer! tory (1950-ID60l would sugge~t dam un to 1951. lh~n the prec:Pnt of us. Comparing the prescn1 competitors from Barbados, Tri- that we haYe arrived ;it the Qu.een's up to December 1960. Queen's w 11h the pi!'t Queen's for the first 1ime uu the ;ith zenith of our power. These years He aho worked under such hf' admits positively, without Awn•c:;t 1844. in 1hc> old Colony have seen us appropriate the famouc:; principals as Mr. Nobbe:; hasi1ation. ·\Ve have done govd House situated in the Compoun•t Guyana Scholars hip regularly 'Ind Mr. E. R. M0ulder. Amung wcrk all the way through'. Can of the prec:cnt Victoria Law and each year hdn~-· furth~r his students were R.C.G . Potter we cont inue to? Mr. Pilgrim Courtc;. It was founded by the ne}vs of the acarlcmic feats ot who went on to cl:i,;~icc;, 'forma ·1 would say 'we c;urely can.' then bishop c f Guyana, the Cl, ou1· boys. Other old boys hold Cameron. the Sharples h1·othen.

Thal was the spirit of thP Most Reverend William Percy vital positions in the business.

Chunilall, Delph and V:in Queen'!< 'of yore· ac•cordin~ to Austin D. D.. with the aim or political and diplomatic world, Sertima.

Mr. E . 0. Pilgrim. That should T)roviciing adequate secondary and both the Prime Minister bo the c:pirit of the Queen's to ;• ·lucation for the future leader, and the Leader of 1he Oppcsition 'Mortimer Duke \\'ac:; th') come. niclad. J ama ica and our own arP. old boys of this school. On mathematical !!enius in my forrr,; R. SINGTI British Guiana. The school wa;; the other hand our students ha,·c been chosen at various times !o Roberts and C. B. L : Mol'gan. ex- represent Guyana in football, Sergeant and C. Q. M. S. of the cricket. athletics and volleyball.

Q:C : Cadet Corps whfl had left the last being Mr. K. A. Aaron, schoo l in 1964. Since then with 1968 Guyana Scholar!<hip winner which now became khaki shirts Because of t he political upheavals almost monotonous regularity, a who played for Guyana in the and shorts, as well as long of 1962, rifles became scarce. am member of the Corps has been Coll<i ver;:us M. C. C. match in in trousers and black berets w ith munition non-existent and selected for overseas officer 1968. The year 1969 heralds the brass B.G. V.F. badge~; on cere- structors very rare, but unde1 training.

Already some have dis dawning of a new phase in th<' monies bells. anklet.-; ar,d rifk the well trained N.C.O.'s from slirtgs were whi'ened. Each cadet the 1950's training was carried tinguished themselves while u n- annals of the school for Guyana der training since the rejuvena- L" to become a republic.

The wore a red or green ribbon on on a few months longer.

Q.C. Lictor takes this opportuni tion of the corps in 1966.

Re · his epaulets depending upon In 1964 however, violence, weapon-training ty to congratulate the school on which platoon he belonged to. terrorism and unrest swept the cruiting and were begun and the corps was in- its fine record of past achieve Tht 1950's produced a smart, country and the corps suffered ments and to express the hope • u that the ~<'hool as such will make a concerted effort to surr,ass all nresent achievements in lhP <'Oming rC'public.

GA VIN M. R , CALEB

OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE

·wen- among the big boys I taught, \\ ere Yansen, Burnham, Jagan and the Barker brothers.'

'What was Burnham and Jagan like at school?'

'Burnham was a lovely boy -no trouble at all. I remember him as very brilliant in the classic~ and he later won the Guyana Scholarship.'

'Jagan waS1 an ordinary boy, very quiet. but very ~tudious.

However. he left in the Mh· re.rm.'

His memory was spanning sixty-five years effortl essly E.O. Pilgrim was speaking about the 'anicent history' of Queen's College. and who is part of its history himself. His hair was sp;.-r~e and white with a~e. Yet he was remarkably active and witty for his age Ironically Mr. Pilgrim was a Eajan by birth. He attendP.d the Lodge School for boys w!1ich wa~ <me of the best in the Caribbec.r.

Besides being a scholar. lie playPd cricket. footbal l and hockey for his c:chool and w,s a n,ember of the Scouts movement.

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THE CADET CORPS OF YORE ComT'h e first Q. C. Cadet pany wa-, formed. in 1889 on the s uggestion of Major W.S. 'l'urner, rommaniling Officer of the B .G. Volunteer Force. - Forty eight boys enlisted at the stal't of this movemeut. The Corps was connerted with lhc •c• Company of the Volunteer Force and the uniform., proposed were grey with scarlet facings and forage caps.

Carbines wne u sed at first. but were later Unfortunately.

I have been unable to find any material on the Cadet Corps in the years 1889 through l 940, but t he school's magazines 1939-40 and 1940-41 speak of extensive training and advanced mahoeuvres !!arried out by the Corps in conjunct ion with the B. G. V. F. and 1he B. G . Police Force.

One particular exercise wac; carried out over a very large a rea involving the East Coast 0f Demerara as ~r as Plaii;ance.

Lodge Village, Kitty Villa~e. and t he Greater Georgetowr. area.

In it. the corps operated ::s a reconiotre unit under orders, to make contact with a large enemy force advancing from the Eart Coa.~t. They were to report its size, streng:h, direction and deployment, and to form one of the first lines of defence. The Corpe" perfo:-mance was so outstandin~ that it earned praise from high military circles.

In 1943 a Queen's College Cadet C,F.P .

Jupit defeated the National 100 yds. Champion and became the British Guyana a nd British Army 100 yds. record holcJer. Also during the war. quite a few ex-QC Cadet!' serving as officers overseas were> decorated for gallantry in action.

Some were killed in action.

In the early 1:l50's there wa" a slight change in the uniform

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efficiently run, corps.

Annual camps were held, first on the school's own grounds, then at 'J acama Berbice River, at which advanced instructions were given and basic exams taken. Such was the standard of military efficiency proficiency in the corps, that ,t became an integral part of many important parades like th-.?

Queen's birthday; Remembrance Day and Empire Day parade,.

Thus we earned ourselves a reputation for efficiency and military prec1S1on dangf',.rously close '.o surpassing that of the Police an.I the B.G. Voluntee1 Force. Tl,c corps also h eld its own ·in num erous marksmans4h.ip competitions both in Guyana. and the Carih . bean competing successfully :igainst other West Indian Corps:,

heavily. The B.G.V.F : wwas me,bilized, instructors and rifles became t o t a I l y unavailable and u n i f o r m s were no longer issued. The result was that only foot drill parades were held and as these were rathe:· unattractive, there was a steep fall in numbers of th e recruits.

By 1965 most of the experiencetl Cadets had left school and the Corps was reducP.d to a ragged band of raw recl'Uitc; doing flootdrill in mufti. On U1e other hand, two c:adet officers from the n-:wly formed Special Service u'nit were sent to t he Royal Military A~ademy Sandhu rst fur traini ng as officers. These officer-trainees, ihe very first Guyanese to attend Sandhurs t were (Captains) D. T .

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Flashback: Schooldays can be Cun corporated into t h e G.D .F. and trained under direct G.D :F: army officers of the Guyane!H' supervision. nation. To date. it has sttJlpl'ieJ It1 keeping with the radical over twelve commi'i"lioned ofth err, spirit of independence, the uni- to the nation. form changed to olive green berets with G.D.F. badge. green The present day cc,1·p<: underkhaki, black belts, rifle slings goes a much higher standard ot and anklets, also the moder ::i training and maintains far strictarmy boots. In August 1967 er discipline than itc predecesCamp was held at Atkinson Field sors. rrhe average modern cadet for the first time since August is on, the whole. a tougher an~l a far better soldier than his 1961 counterparts of the l!,50's .. The present COtllS is or neces sity. a serious unit h.1.vi11g a ne,v The corps has reached and vital role in Independent Guyan11. has by far surpassed the original No longer in ahcn to school purpose!' for which it was cr,e&ted affairs, bu t simply another school is another eloqu~t test isociety, it is recognised :is a mony tc the fact that ''Reginae training ground, (and its ranks T~udo Magna est.'' a.re keenly scrutinised) for future Gavin 1\1, R. Caleb '1%u

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It is my pleasure to announc ? the advent of a new weapon pa· Such maturity should eliminate tented and perfected by our 0 .11n civil protection force - csllsd the need for the presence of "WORK HARDER" or the, principle of Hard Work. Instead of masters and prefects, in the using such archaic methods askinn outright for a raise in their salary Upper · School at least, to ensure scale or evGln striking, the police have adopte,d a simple but highly wder; to say the least, it would to effective strategy which suggests awesome genius in both fae phnn· be heartening to be able ing and execution; they have decided to work harder at their j obs. walk the length of our corridors to hear sounds and see "In ibis way" said a spokesman for the institution. "the general and p, ic · •ill t.e forced to reco7r.'..,.., our greater ,,tfid" nC'! ·,• d w·u "'il;(ns of boys genuin~ly at w ork themse l es advocate the sei;tting up of a committee to discover and in the 3bsence of a supervisor. .T he problem has. however.

-r,i- e,1, our wrongs." Such is the background to the new and unwider implications than mere precedented activity of the members of this institution. aca:iemic work. ' l"'.he pa<;t two have witnessed a deOne of the convention~ of 1ur ness of the limes by amending terms society is lhat nobody is go1r,g her constitution to include the c>rea<:e in the rate, of olir extracurricular activities.

Apathy to work very hard at his jl. b wearing of ties at halfmast the especially noticeable should be the first to implement seems to h~ve pervaded T.his is after one o'clock in the after- this revol o1ionarv ~Ian. In other functioning of all of our c:ocieties noon when one is most suscepC- wcrds, why shouldn't we increase ?ml 1he thrPe most active societhe Christ i:in FPl· ble to the ravages of tropical our Gross Institutional Product this lowshin t~t> Geogra.'.)hic~l anrl temperatures. One is, however. with regard to scholarship ?

Cadet Corps - function tempted to argue that long as- After all. this would be the real the socir.tion with this 'scourge test of academ ic brilliance. It i<: f Pnuously. One seldom hears of should at least have developed no longer enough to rest on the the activities of any of the other within us a workin~ immunit v la1;r els of the 'brighter or mor~ societies except at the end of and to 'point out the vast im- academic minded members of each school year when they "'udpr-:>vement resulting if everyone the sch ool. Granted, a 63.6 per- denly mushroom, flowerin~ long to write ~lowine acwere to work harder and give centaga overall pass at th e Or- enough of his best. No longer would rlinary level and and a 73.5 per- countt; of their past activities. thP. Guyanese consumer hav;: 10 centage distinctions in subjects Some bewildered members have c-11ffPr ., n:;indemic of inadequate taken at the Advanced level ic; claimed never to have seen f!hf' t'h.e.,,. services and wish in vain f or 3 eminently sati<:fa<'tory.

Yet implemenattion of even • really efficient civil service. buf <:hould the majority of our stu- plans! Rave we reallv reaclted would be quite satisfied with denf c; put their minds to the the point where mm::t nf onr so. the uniform rise in quality. ta"k and adopt a more cerio•1<: rieties function ~nlv iTt the an With such improvements Aft it ude towards work it is pos- nual school ma,t"azine? scheduled for the future 't sible to achieve (with an inA parallel situation exist in would be only fitting that Queen's • creasPd dee"ree of aoplkation of who has shown her aware- rourse) infinitely better res ults. the s phere ol games. As re<'ently as two years a('o we 11<,t,ed badminton and hockey ac:i official school games. Althout"h badminton was limited in its aopeal hockey was relativelv pooular as the school's fourth maior ~a.me. since then hadmintoTt hac; t>"tt-red out frnm la<'lc <>f funtl,c; ···h•le h()('ke:v ha<; du.-n.P1"llte" from an intf"r-nl)U~f' competition to an occasional nastime with the exodus of the S<'hool's best n)?vPr<;. i\ c,,imihr fnn,n1 <: .._,.m<; t.o ha,ve attaekt-d both ba.,,ket. ball and b a s e b a I I. two games that w e l' e staded ell last term. It will be inte,.esting to see how much Jon('er they will S11rvlve before inevitablv <;U('CUJnbing. £ uch Aroma I t is my contention that . the F avoui· paLlced t.:, make precedfng events constitute a warning of declining standards every cup Cup a stimuiating in the school. Apathy in extraexperien ce ! Guyana instant curricular activities is reflected some measure in our worlt CoLe e is l'.JO"{ Pure CJffee!

One neces.sarlly depends on the ... ,., other and unless an effort is

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FRIDAY, 18th APRIL. 1969

LICTOR

From the Editor's Desk

Concerni,rg our own Queen's College I have watched with a feeling of dismay the condition in which we find a ,gift-set, presented to us by iwo ex-Queen's Collegians.

This set could be found near the volley-ball courts at the back of the school.

Day in. day out, some toolish act of vandallsm is commilte<'I on the choirs and desks or thi~ school, and the rate has been greatly accelerated in that stone

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It is just because of this savage and indiscriminate outlook. t h at students in the history room arE' made physically uncomfortable when studying. These vandals have gone so far in that they have attacked and destroyed. some of those belonging to the University of Guyana.

(i) Who is the Sinister Chtnese character created by Sax Rohmer? (ii) Who was the Scandinavian god that was attended by two ravens ? (iii) What na,n e would you give to a !)erson who i<: able to Who would now respect the chang,. himself. into an Q.C. boys when he does this? animalWho would want to bring any(iv) What name would you give thing that would be destroyed. to a persoll who has been Fellow students, let ui:: cl,a11gt newlv ordained. converted. our way of thinking - let us baptised ? fiC treasure what is ours and take By whom was Franklin D. good care of what othe1 s entrust (v) Ro.,evelt succeeded· us with . When it's parents' day (vi) Which American Pacific Is- or speech day. there must be no land was occuTJied hv the comment on the state of the Japanese 1941- '44? chairs. Let us not indulge in (vii) Take one leHer from each wanton desftruction but think word in turn to s9ell out ma turedly. anothE'r. instrument.

W!Jlon o ·~. (a) Clarinet (b) Piccolo (c) Cymba (d) Viola (e) Harp (f) Recorder. (viii) Who was the legct'Jdary king that fell in love with Flashing like a wicked snake m the sunlight a statue.

The intolerable heat of the tropi(ix) Which is the largest battlecal sun ship in the world ? sw;,t de~cending hke an unleash (x)' Who was Sam Chase'i:: parted cobra ner in the show 'biz's' ? t ~trikes with its ugly rearing head made to end this state of affair,; - An-1 there. the only thing to it will be difficult to foresee how hlock its path much longer we can even conThe broad expanse of a negro's tinue to boast of being tht'l best

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sets are being destroyed. Well what next! we ourselvi:!t, I si: p· pose. tJ?-le pionument two marble ,::hairs with a marble tablt in the middle was given us by the Hope brolhers and now here i! is, lying forlornly in the mud, Now whal is the purpose or re· ward gained in do ing something so extra-ordinary stupid. The same thing happens in the haU , thff hist,,ry r oom, and e'1f'n in the form rooms. Idiotic oerson split up the chair s a nd oeel off !he wood. it mii?ht be inl erectinl! to note that some mt1kP a mPAl w ith the nroduct... nf hl"ir 'handy' work or otherr simply throw' them about.

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A negro toiling for riches ., 1-ie richcc; of his master.

Not a word was said but work. resumed Resumed with relentless fervour 'T'he ferw,ur of a black man in Mpt iv ity <11 lone last the scorching sun sinks down Ret reating in the face of darkness .••~••......-.

With it retreats ~he black man - whither?

Gone/ to a black wife and hi~ Pbony offspring To a rude little hut . he calls hi5 home.

And so dragged on the wearv vear s nn,!'!'ged on until the black slave• rierl TTn~nni?. fore'otte n. unmourned Two centuries later - Lo! there he is!

Planted in the mind of the eager ~tudent A Black student eager d'or knowledge A free student caring n othing No. nothing for t hose Those to whom his very life he owes.

"Hoj maiore~. Livinq Still Prir1° iiitn mv heart instill.

Rudolph C. Ten Pow

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THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE LICT OR

FRIDAY, 18th APRIL, 1969

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Football

lC~©\.lliThW@fr~ Thur term wa!- quite an interesting one and in some cas,'::, extremely tiring for some of our boys. Playing in two divisions, the Under 15 and Under 17 Inter-Secondary.

Fo0tbnll Competition, our teams provc-d a devastating' barrier to be crossed for success to be a s!'iured. Here I think a note of congratulation!'. should be gi\·cn t 0 young Eric M. D. Phillips for continude success in his endeavour to establish himself as one of Q.C.'s most versatile so c.rti-. .R':!vealing some of hi~ old form which gained for hin• las1 year an undisputed spot in the National U'nder 17 Football .T eam Phillips made rings around many a defender to proiect himself into the p()sit iC'n 0f leadlng goal scorer so far. in I.he tourney.

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Up to the time of wl'ili11g, v.:e have lost not a s ingle match and we have always been re, sounding victors. In the semifinals we were up against Guyana Oriental Cc.lleg1;. Tht:re were several daring attempt~ by their forwards who attacked relentlessly, only to have thei:-

efforts frustrated by perfect team-work from our stalwarts.

By virtue of our winning this match. we arc now one ot the t w,) iinalists who will he competing for the much envied tro . phy.

Our Under 15 was more so & force to be reckoned with considering its youth, led bv Richards, our boys withstood abuut 150 minute$ of gruelling warfare from the other teams.

S. Fox (G) Jakes off after being handed th e baton from White (G), not in picture, in the Junior Relay Event .

Cl"rlce outlasted as Phillips Cops Senior Table Tennis Championship

They staved off many such raids in being the hunted, an,1

then ·hey al so turned hunters and in this capacity thei r performance was simply scintillating. Tottetring up and down the football field, our youths have won every match thal t,hey have so far played :ind the stage is now welJ set for a complete domination of the Inter-Secondary Football Competition by these two ~ueen's CoJlege teams.

Once more they have proved tc, our critics that sports at Q. C. is no k,nger on the de cline, but on the incline.

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With arms outstr etched G. A. A lleyne (B ) breasts the t ap e ahead of a field of 6 com petitors in the Under 17 440 yards E ven t. H e w ent on t o cop th e 880 yard s E vent a lso.

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The competition altracleJ I fifty entries and most of these came from fifth former~. The I standard of play, though not unusually high. was rather plea~int_! and it is generally agreed that with a coai:!h Queen's can do auile a lot for table te1inis ln Guyana. There wC"Te ei~ht seed"rl players viz: Clarke, L. C.: PhiJlips. E.M.D.: Blenman. L.P.E:: Harris, M:: Alleyne, G. 0. C.: Chric;tophe. Gill and Bpurne GA

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on thrc<' games to the start of ea ch game, but. as it w as, he was unable to sustain this trend Phillips w on the J<'innls encounter three games to nil and In the final s w e> ~aw the ·vet also the title of s.::nior champion. eran' Clarke · and young Philli:::,; ~o it was that the HlGo champJocked in a s trug~lE: for the iorn:hip came to an enn. The championship. Clarke struck the four participants in t.he quarter le-ad in all thre:c games played, finals were awarded prizes in and seemed a hot favourite at recognition of- th C'1r dour efforts.

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The Annual S<,uior Individual T.able T.ennis Championship was played off las t term in t he last two weeks of the sr hoc l. ·Quite unlik e previous yen1·.... eutr y to this ro111vetiUon was not restricted merely to tt e Upper School but, to tne. w hol e sc hool. It was indeed . inspirin~ to see youngst ers even fron,. thr second forms among tliose who viecl fo r th is' cltampionship.

The earlier rounds were keen Jy contested but th2rc was nr marked match of importance. lr.

1he quarter-finali: we sa;x: Clarke, taking on Alleyne. who hewed in submission, two nil. t , the school's captain. Blenmar, outlasted Layne L.E.D. and H arris played well to down Goll twu games to one. Ph iJlips playec!

Greene in one of the most th r il Hng, nerve taut and sensational games that had been played in the tournament so far. In thi• encounter Phill ips emerged viitor and was the automatic c;hoic.to play against Clarke in the f.mals. The semi-finale:; saw an .. other of ,hose tenl'P encountt-rs between Clarke and Bhmman.

The latter was the losPr and t'1is encounter also put an end to the argume nt about who was the betfe1· player. The game he played was strictly a defiant one, whereas his senior partner, absorbed in confidence lashed his way to victory. In the other semi -final:; Harris was unable to match uo to the young energetic Phil I ips, who played tremendou!;ly well throughout the competition.

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FRIDAY, 18th APRIL, 1969

.C. ce.1-ebrates retur·ll -to Northcote Cup ~~~-

After ~casons of miser able per forn1 ~,nce- a nd s uffe ring the · •f" ,, 1• ,, of d emotion to third <1, , ,111pet ition, out· first eleven celebrated its elevation to the Northcote Cup Competition w ith two fine w ins. Basically the sam e team that pla ye d last sea -,on. these boys n ow had a new upproach to t he game P r obably realizing that tl w, was the ir last cha nce, each m em ber of the tenm w as a trier. Lea din!? the team in our fll'st m atch was D .K. Chedd1e who succeeded Mr Aal'on as captain Incidentally, both Mr. Aaron ,.,, captain, Cheddie and E. J ackm an of the fifth form are now in Tr in idad playing in the B.AT. Under-20 Cricket Champ1on i !up The "Lictor" s taff on behalf of the schoo l would like t o con gratulate these th ree stalwarts w ho are keeping tl~e school's flag flying. Mr Aaron batted cons is tently, and J ack man was th e chief w icket taker in the tw o match es so far played. Due to inj ury

Chedd1~ d1d n ot play in e ither match.

Back to the loca l ~cene, batting fi rst ag,Hnst Uemenlr<1 Cricket Club, Queen's scored 167 with J:..ckman 37 n .o., a nd Persaud 34.

In rep!;. O.C.C. batted st ubbornly ::md c1ppea red heading for fi rst inn mgs 1,uints.

Again Juckm:m h:.id other ideas, and in a great spell in. -.vhich he i.pun the ha ll v ic ious ly, a nd var ied his fli ght.~ well he claim ed s ix wickets tor thirty -,,~ven runs. This performance probably clinched his place on the u nder 20 team. rn. their second k nock Queen's made 212 runs tha nks to a reco rd last w icket partners hip of 110 runs between P hillips 79 n .o. a nd Jerv is 21. Hi s in\1ings of 79 was Phillips.' bes t ever, and team members presented him w ith a :.m all gift, for his gallant innings.

Chasing two hundred -odd r uns, D.C.C. made 180-9, Phillips, J ervis and H ales sharing the wicket-. Queen's t hus gained 4 points.

In lhei, second m,toh. the boys were not so fortunate tor thev lust on firs t innings, but fo ugh1 1,al'k ga llan t!\' to snatch an 011t1 ight win. Batting first Q.C; made 137, Cheddie scoring 29 London 22, Mr. Aaron 21. l\lu,;lim Youth Organizatio"i in reply made 142, with Phillips claiming 3 wickets.

The second Queen's innings saw t he boys in a hurry for ru ns as three p layers wer e leaving for Tr in idad. The res ult was 180 ru ns in less than evem time Jacknam 53 a nd P h illips 24 were the main contributor3.

M .Y.0 . batting on a rain affected wick et on the t hir d •day could only m uster 57 runs, mainly due to some hostile bowlir.g by skipper London 7_37 a nd J er vis 219. So with 12 points Crom tw, games, Queen's io; well up with the leaders.

We ..'.id not fa re that good in the W ight G:u9 Com oetition in wh ich our second eleven performed cred itably. In our first encou n ter, Post Office taking first strike knocked up 156.

Gi ll h~ing the chief w icket tal:er, ha~ging 6 fo r 59. Q.C. batting on a w icke~. w hich had by now shown i\s intentions to taki ng spin rallied to 149 falling j ust 8 r uns short of taking first, innin gs points. Once again Gill showed h ow versa tile a player he was after taking 6 wickets to t op score with 45. His innings was a colorfu l display of stroke maki ng and his " Sobers-like" hooks were a d elii ht to watch.

Batting first in our next e ncounter aga inst Bookers Spor ts Club, Queen's scored 155, thanks to a sound innings of 30 by D .

Hansen and a n equ ally good knock o f 20 n.o. by A. Gra nger.

In reply Bookers scored 136 with Gill taking 5 of the wickets for a mer e 37 runs. and Hansen 3 for 53. Batt ing a second lime on a rain affected wicke• our batting machine collapsed and we were a ll out for 35 runs with l). Htiles

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scoring 16 of them. Bookers went in and quickly knocked up the 1equit·ed ru.n.c; for victory with the f all of two wickets.

Final scores: Q.C. 155. Hansen 30, Gr.mger 20 n.o., Masc;1ah 18., Grill 18 and second ly 35 Hales 16., Bookers 136 Gr ill 5 for 37; Hansen 3 for 53 a nd secondly 55 lor two. Bookers 5 points.

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