A.M.D.G.

St. STANISLAUS MAGAZINE

VOL. [6] NOVEMBER 1948

Editor: W.E.V. Harrison, B.A. (Lond.) Assistant Editor: C.C. DeFreitas Business Manager: J. B. Gonsalves Adviser: C.N. Delph College Editor: Fr. A. Gill, S.J.

CONTENTS

COLLEGE SECTION

Frontispiece (Cricket XI)

Extracts from a St. Stanislaus College Log

Scholarships

Examination Results

Prize-Winners, 1946-1947

Valete, Salvete

Class List

A Salute to Cricket

An Overseer's Day

On Teachers (by D.D.T.)

On Teachers (by E. Nedd)

Escapades on a Motor Cycle

How Much Do You Know

The Youth of Suriname as a Demerarian Observed It

Teasers

Death

Revenge After Life

Answers: - How Much Do You Know - Teasers

Pork Chops Goes to a Party

Celebrities of Upper IV

Kindness to Animals

Football lst Eleven (Illustration)

Football in 1948 and Results

Football House Games and

Results

House Captains - Football

Pen Pictures of the Nets

The Wight Cup

Inter-Collegiate Match

Wight Cup Results

Cricket House Match and Results

House Captains - Cricket

Preparation for the Sports

Sports Day

Sports Results

Prospectus

ASSOCIATION SECTION

CRICKET XI

Standing (L R): G. Stephenson, L. Camacho, M. Camacho, L, Wight, B. Patoir. S. Camacho (scorer)

Sitting: L. Daly, R. Shepherd, P. Wight (Capt.), F. Marques, A. Persaud.

Front: N. Thomas, V. Charan.

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EXTRACTS FROM A ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE LOG

September 15th. School started. Quite a crowd of boys, some 290. We are going to be killed this year because an extra period has been added in the afternoon, school stopping now at three o’clock. Half day.

16th. More changes. Morning period are all of forty minutes, and we end schools at 11.30. The morning break is twenty minutes instead of fifteen. A good idea, The three afternoon periods are also of forty minutes.

G. B. Singh, who was in Form VI last year, left the colony for England and Rome to study for the priesthood.

I7th. The College Rules were read together with certain Regulations.

26th. During this week cricket started at the fields. The boys were entertained by Princeps Majahara. He did some wonderful tricks.

Report cards as usual.

October (week beginning)

3rd. Normal week. Mr. Bourne showed photographs of the interior and other parts of British Guiana to Forms VI, V and Upper IV.

10th.

Three half holidays for the Inter-colonial matches with Jamaica.

17th.

Two half holidays for the cricket. The rest of the week dull.

24th. One unexpected half holiday to see the end of the cricket.

31st. Dead week.

November (week beginning)

7th. See above.

14th. Monday (15th.) Public holiday. Thursday (21st.), the feast of St Stanislaus, Half holiday. Mass at 8.30, sermon by Very Rev. Fr. Guilly. Friday (22nd), Conference, whole holiday and the two top classes were invited and accepted the invitation well.

21st Thursday (25th) whole holiday because of the Royal Wedding.

28th. Higher Certificate results came through. Our two candidates successful, Mr. S. Fernandes and J. D'Oliveira. Congratulations.

December (week beginning)

5th. Public Examinations, Junior and Senior. School exams.

12th. Last Week of term. Thursday (16th) Very Rev. Fr. Provincial came to the College and went round the classes.

January 12th Back at school. Father Marques has lefl the staff.

15th. Fr. Lee-Sing' O.S.B., of Mount St. Benedict in Trinidad paid a visit to the College.

16th. Conference, anticipated because of Very Rev. Fr. D'Arcy imminent departure. There was a social at the College in the evening for the members of the Association to meet the Provincial.

23rd. During the week Fr. De Caires gave the boys retreat. During the three days mass was said at the College.

30th. An ordinarv week. On Thursday there was a meeting at the College to start the Youth Group of the Sword of the Spirit .All the three male 'Youths' elected to the committee are past or present students of the College: Mr. Arnold Bayley, Mr. Compton Singh and Jocelyn D'Oliviera.

February 6th. Some of the boys went to see a number of films on football shown at the British Council office.

13th. All that happened this week was that Lent began.

20th. Monday and Tuesday we played Queen's College at cricket and lost. Thursday was a half holiday for the M.C.C. v. B.G. More than half of E.G side is composed of Old Boys.

27th. Monday and Tuesday half holidays. Wednesday no school; the rain washed schools out. Good for it. Tuesday more football films.

March 5th. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday half holidays for the Test Match. The Novena to St. Francis Xavier began on Thursday.

12th. Exams started on Wednesday. Tomorrow heats at the Sea Wall field.

18th. Tuesday : was the match against Queen's, football. Match drawn 1-all.

19th. Sports day. Very wet and sports started late, but they were still run.

April 12th. Another term starts, and it is a long one.

14th. Replay of the football match against Queen’s College. Lost 2-1. Senior results came out. Some seemed please and some did not.

16th. End of the first week.

23rd. Transport and Harbours stike and so the boys from the country were away. Junior results out. Films by courtesy of the American Consulate shown in the evening. The top classes were invited to go

30th A half holiday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Wedding of King George and Queen Elizabeth.

May 7th Michael Woo-Ming has been chosen as one of the Medical Students who will attend the University of the West Indies when it opens in September. Tuesday, half holiday granted by the rain. Thursday, the Feast of the Ascension, mass for the boys at the Cathedral at 8.30. Schools began at 9:30.

14th. Long week-end. Today a whole holiday, conference, and Monday is Whit Monday. Details of the School Certificates came through.

21st. Nothing further of interest.

28th. Monday Empire Day, Thursday Corpus Christi, there were, two whole holidays. Friday half holiday holiday granted by the rain. And it did rain!

June 4th. Hard work all the week.

11th Thursday, Public Holiday for the King’s Birthday. Debate at the college on Monday last Members of Forms VI and V invited.

18th Yesterday Higher Certificate Exams started, No School this afternoon on account of rain.

25th Details of the Junior came out. The last detail we shall get, because we are changing over to the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board.

July 2nd Nearly another half day granted by the rain.

9th. Monday was prize-giving at the college. Very Rev. Fr .Guilly .presented the prizes. One boy nearly fainted, at least he felt bad.

16th End of term. End of exams. End of everything

N.B. This very faithful account of half-holidays does not propose to set out in due order the monotonous series of classes, meetings, house matches, nets which week by week recur and are taken for granted.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

A few facts about scholarships now held by boys' at the College may perhaps be of general interest.

The number of County and other Government Scholars is now fourteen, HO less

than seven having gained the Scholarship this year when the Catholic primary schools and especially the Sacred Heart School were very successful.

The College awards scholarships each year to some Catholic boys from Catholic primary schools who qualify in the County Scholarship examination by securing 60% or more but are not awarded a Government Scholarship. There are now at the College twelve such St. Stanislaus' Scholars,

The Portuguese Scholarship Fund pays the expenses of six Scholars at the present time. The St. Stanislaus College Association has two Scholars, and it is hoped that it will be possible to nominate another in 1949.

This year there were not so many St. Stanislaus' Scholarships available as there were boys qualified to hold them, and two generous donors came forward to provide additional scholarships. They were Mr. J. St. F. Dare, Managing Director of William Fogarty, Ltd., who presented on behalf, of the Firm' a "Fogarty Scholarship" which has been awarded to Robert Stephen Pancham, and Mr. P. S. d’Aguiar, Managing Director of d'Aguiar Bros. Ltd., whose scholarship has been awarded to George Alfred Tai-oy-Yong. To these donors and to others who are assisting boys by paying for their education we wish to express the thanks of the College.

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Examination Results

LONDON HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

J.A. D’Oliveira * S.I . Fernandes

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

D. Bunbury , A. P. I. Crawford, V.M. Gonsalves, H.I. Holder S. E. Lam, J. A. Pires

Grade II Grade II Grade III Grade II Grade II Grade III

J. L. Rawlins, L.O. Rockcliffe, J. I. Searwar, V. H. Vanier B. A. Vieira, J. E. Vincent,

Grade I. Grade II Grade I. Grade III. Grade III. Grade I.

CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

C.E. Collins. D. L. Corsbie. B. Crawford. N. F. A. Ferreira. J. A. Figueira A. L. Giles. A. A. John. L. E. Laurent.

N. T. Leandro S. Mathias A. B. N. Nedd. P. I. Rodrigues C. C.Van Sluytman, Mr. J. P. Veecock V. J . J. Walker, J. O. Wong.

*Distinction in Latin, placed third for the British Guiana Scholarship.

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PRIZE WINNERS, 1946-1947

Form VI

1st Prize Jocelyn D’Oliveira

Higher Schools Examination Jocelyn D’Oliveira

2nd Prize Joseph King.

Form V

1st Prize John Searwar.

2nd Prize Joseph Rawlins.

School Certificate Joseph Rawlins.

Upper IV

1st Prize Arnond John.

2nd Prize Albert Nedd

Junior Cambridge Arnond John.

Lower IV 1st Prize Jerome Bacchus

2nd Prize Cecil Van Sluytman.

Form IIIa 1st Prize Rafig Khan

2nd Prize Honnett Searwar

Form IIIb 1st Prize Ivor Nascimento

2nd Prize Neville Denny.

Form IIa 1st Prize Leslie Cummings.

2nd Prize Alexander Sue-Ping

Form IIb 1st Prize Brian Patoit.

2nd Prize Anthony Michael.

Form I 1st Prize Harold Melville.

2nd Prize Reginald Gordon

Preparatory 1st Prize Clyde Jardim.

2nd Prize Joseph Harris.

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VALETE

Brasssington, H

D’Oliveira, J

Thompson, P

Bunbury, D

Crawford, A

Crum-Ewing, M

DeCorum, R

Edmonds, G

Gomes, L.

Lam, S

De Mattos, A

Miranda, F.

Vieira, E

Rawlins, J

Rockcliffe, L

Sanmogan A

Vanier, V

Vieira, B.

Rodrigues, G

Wight, L

Caetano, E

Figueroa, H

Figueroa, J.

Gomes, V.

Gouveia, J

Leandro, N

Mathias, S

Chaves, A

Choy, H.

Crum-Ewing, M.

Leandro, C.

McIntyre, M.

d’Ornellas, C.

de Souza, M

Vieira, E

Wight,P

Fung, E.

King, D.

King, V

Rebeiro, J.

Rodrigues,G.

Campbell, J.

Chung, S.

Gravesande, C.

da Silva, C

Teixeira, J

Lall, H

McIntyre, J.

Rodrigues, N.

Singh, C.

d’Andrade, H.

Lopes, G.

Miranda, J.

Moonsawmy, S.

Caetano, M.

Choy, R.

Mendonca, T.

Mercurius, F

da Silva, C.

Teixeira, F

Teixeira, J.

Bayne, N.

Figueroa, H

Figueroa, R.

Wharton, I.

d’Andrade, E.

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SALVETE

Blackman, C. McLean, C Nurse, J Thomas, N Hing, C. Heydorn, J Joaquin, J John, O Khan, K Menezes, G. Pancham, S Da Silva, A Tai-oy-Yong, G. Adams, H. De Andrade, M De Barros, J. Deen, K. Ezechiels, F.

Coy, R. De Abreu. M Alphonso, G Brassington, M Camacho, M. Ferreira, C Fredericks, J Gonsalves, R. Gonsalves, V Moe, J. Monasingh, R Perreira, D. Phillips, M. da Silva, N. da Silva, J. Glyn-Williams, E. Willis, J.

Clark, H. Gomes, J. S. Greaves, M. de Haan, O. Haynes, A Bunbury, M. Cole, M. Daniel, G. Driver, R Gunby, C Hodgson, I. Moe, J. d’Ornellos, A. Persaud, M. Serrao, M, Spence, C. Udit, M.

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CLASS LIST

FORM 6 UPPER 5 LOWER 5

King, J

Nedd, E.

Newman, D.

Searwar, J.

Sheperd, R.

Spence,G.

Thompson, D.

Vincent,J.

Collins, C.

Correia, A.

Corsbie,D.

Crawford, B.

Daly, L.

Ferreira, N.

Figueira,J.

Giles,A.

Gomes, H.

Holder, H.

Jardim,R.

John, A.

Laurent, L.

Nedd, A.

Rix, D.

Rodrigues,P.

Small,R.

Thomas, P.

Van Sluytman,C.

Veecock,M.

Walker, V.

Willison, E.

Wong, L.

Bacchus, J.

Brandt, D.

Blackman, C.

Brummell,P.

Chee-a-Tow,S.

Correia,M.

Ferreira, D.

Gibson,O.

Glasgow,C.

Gomes, A.

Gonsalves,M.

Gordon, C.

Henry, J.

Khan, R.

Kranenburg,J.R.

Lampkin, V.

McCowan, H.

Melville,S.

Murray,W.

Persaud,A.

Singh,M.

De Souza,P.

Stoby,F.

Subryan, F.

Thomas, F.

UPPER 4 LOWER 4A LOWER 4B

Abdelnour, E.

Affonso, S.

d’Andrade, V.

Boyd, G.

Camacho, M.

Camacho, S.

Charan, V.

Chin, S.

Collins, A.

Crum Ewing, P.

Denny, N.

Gittens, L .

Gonsalves, C.

Henry, R.

Lam, M.

Martins, M.

McLean, C.

Nascimento, I.

Nurse, J.

Rego, R.

Scantlebury, V.

Seawar, H.

Simmons, G.

Simone, R.

Spence, R.

Stephenson, G.

Sue Ping, F.

Thomas, F.G.N.

Tranquada, J.

Vallidum, E.

De Abreu, T

Bayley, G.

Bye, M.

Cummings, L.

Delph, F.

Gomes, J.C.

Gomes, J.I.

Gonsalves, G.

Gonsalves, S.

Greaves, S.

Joaquin, J.B.

Kranenburg, J.A.

Martins, D.

Michael, A.

Niccols, W.S.

Patoir, B.

Pereira, M.Z.

Philips, G.

Serrao, S.

Da Silva, C.J.

Sue Ping, A.

Camacho, L.

Coyle, D.

Fernandes, B.

Gomes, N. A.

Goveia, J. A.

Gunby, R.

Houston, T. A.

Marques, F.

Rix, R.

Shepherd, H

Small, F.

da Silva, J. S.

Warren, R.

Form 3a Form 3b Form 2a Form 2b

d' Andrade, C.

Bacchus, R.

Bayley, J.

de Caires, D.

Campayne, L.

Chatterton, B.

Correia, M.

Craigen, G.

Figueiredo, D.

de Freitas, J. C.

Gomes, G. A.

Gomes, J. V.

Gordon, R.

Gouveia, G.

Hing, C.

Jardim, J.

Jardine, D. K.

Jekir, L.

Joaquim, J.

Khan, I.

Khan, S.

Mahanger, V.

Martins, D. G.

Marx, C.

Melville, H.

de Moura, J.

Pancham, R.

Perry, G.

Rafferty, N.

Rampersaud, H.

Rosemay, V.

Veerasawmy, G.

Bollers, R.

Brandt, R.

Ferreira, B.

de Freitas, C. A.

de Freitas, C. I.

de Freitas, J. R.

Gomes, S. M.

Gonsalves, N. O.

Grandsoult, D.

Hazlewood, J.

Hill, J.

Johnson, C.

Mathias, D.

Mathias, R.

Mendonca, I.

Persaud, L.

Quail, C.

Rodrigues, I.

Roth, C.

Saywack, D.

da Silva, L. A.

de Souza, R. D.

de Souza, R. S.

Steele, M.

Teesdale, M.

Waaldijk, J.

Wharton, A.

Wight, H. D.

De Abreu, M.

Alphonso, G.

Brassington, M.

Camacho, M.

Clarke, H.

Fernandes, P.

Gomes, J. S.

Gorinsky, C.

Greaves, M.

de Haan, O.

Harris, J.

Haynes, A.

Heydorn, J.

Holder, M

Jardim, C.

Jekir, G.

Joaquim, J.

John, O.

Khan, K.

Lam, C.

Mann, P.

Menezes, G

Outridge, A. I.

Outridge,R.

Pancham, S.

da Silva, A. S.

da Silva, D. A.

de Souza, C. M.

Tai-oi-Yong, G.

Wallbridge, P.

Adams, H.

De Andrade, M.

Archer, D.

de Barros, J.

Casbilho, R.

Chapman, C.

Chaves, S.

Deen, K.

Driffield, A.

Ezechiels, F.

Fernandes, E.

Ferreira, C.

Fredericks, J.

Gonsalves, N. C.

Gonsalves, V. J.

Gosain, V.

Leca, M.

Melville, J. E.

Moe, J. A.

Monasingh, R.

Outridge, A.L.

Perreira, D.

Phillipe, M.

Quail, Jn.

Da Silva, J.C.

Da Silva, N.

Williams, E.

Willis, J.A.

Form I

Bunbury, M.

Cole, M.

Correia,M.O.

Daniel, G.

Dias, R.

Driver, R.

Dwarka, F.

Fernandes, L.

Figueiredo, D.

Fraser, D.

Gomes, C.J.

Gonsalves, A.

Gonsalves, D.R.

Greene, K.

Gunby,C.

Henriques, C.

Hodgson.I.

Jardim, P.

Moe, J.E.

Moorhead, M.

d’Orenllas,A.

Persaud, M.

Seiforth, W.

Serrao, M.

da Silva, A.F.

da Silva, R.E.

Spence,C.

Udit, M.

Validum, G.

Vieira, G.

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A SALUTE TO CRICKET

Mark me, cricket is the greatest bond of the English-speaking race, and is no mere game.

- EDWARD THRING.

What’s bred in the bone will come out at cricket…… - NEVILLE CARDUS.

Wherever the English have gone, - and that is everywhere - they have taken their customs and games with them. Cricket, the greatest and most English of games, has become a sign of an English heritage. It is the game of friendship and as such has often succeeded in fostering goodwill, where the administrator has failed.

Difficult it is to explain the fascination that cricket exerts, its lure for strange peoples. This game which was born in English meadows has taken root the world over.

Look round the Globe, inclin’d to Mirth, and see What daring Sport can claim the Prize from thee!

On a sun-shiny day, you will find the descendants of English and French

colonists playing the game in the far North of Canada. On quiet Sunday mornings the peace of many West Indian village will be broken by the cries of “bowled” or “run him out”; and dusky children will watch the game with bated breath as if their future depended upon it-and indeed it might. Even on the sweltering rock of Gibraltar, Walter Hammond has told us how the garrison and the garrison’s children will turn out for a game of cricket. And soldiers far from home will recall pleasant memories of cricket in an English meadow beneath the shadow of a church. In the hot, crowded cities of India thousands will forget for a moment their religious or caste differences to glory in the skill of a prince’s son just down from Oxford - a Ranjitsinhji perhaps. And out of a school at Bowral a boy will run on to the hot mid-plains of Australia to seize a bat and begin a miraculous career which will make his name a dream, a magic word to conjure With - -Bradman!

The world-wide lure of cricket is not its only feature. There is, perhaps, and even more important still, the way it breeds fellow-felling among all classes. In the business of living there will be distinction of class and creed and education and so on, but when we turn from the dreary routine of making a living to the pleasant prospect of a cricket ground all that is forgotten. The English milord and his butler, the Indian prince and his gardener's son, the West Indian planter and the stevedore that loads his sugar will put aside their differences, whatever they may be, and remember only the great tradition of the game, its friendliness; its beauty and unchanging magic. Only the skill and the spirit matter there. The crowd will cheer with equal delight the fine bowling of a stevedore or the batting of Lord Hawke.

A game which is played in such a variety of places and circumstances must necessarily have some headquarters where rules can be made and interpreted. There is, of course, the Marylebone Cricket Club in London. The rules are the same everywhere but they are flexible; so in a way the game is not the same everywhere. The character and native genius of the people will express themselves in differing ways through the medium of cricket. One has only to look at the ways in which the West Indian batsman differs from an English batsman, to see what I mean. They can be both got out in the same way; but there the similarity ends. Where the Englishman is staid, persistent and classic, the West Indian is unconventional, impulsive and full of zest.

Perhaps the difference in spirit and technique will be more clearly seen if the

characteristics of some great players are observed. The batsmanship of Len Hutton gives an insight into the English character. One feels the persistence and doggedness of the English people; his masterly technique gives one a sense of their age-old skill; his drives in front of the wicket the senile of a danger faced and overcome.

But how different is Constantine. He is all impulse, dynamic energy. Nothing here

of classic mastery, nothing of tradition, but the whirlwind technique of a young people. "When we see Constantine bat or bowl or field," writes Neville Cardus, "we know he is not an English player, not an Australian player; we know that his cuts and drives and fast bans are racial; we know that they are the consequence of impulses born in the blood, heated by the sun, and influenced by an environment and a way of life much more natural than ours”.

The almost legendary story of Ranji's greatness conjures up some of the strangeness of the East. His silk shirt fluttering in the breeze was a symbol of princeliness and untold riches. His poise, his suppleness, the wristiness of his technique in cuts and drives were surely stamped with the languor and magic of the East.

And what of Bradman and the Australians? They have brought to the game the skill and feeling of the heroes of old; they are everything. Their’s is the persistence and mastery of the English; their's is the magic skill of the princes of India and their's is the impulse and zest of West Indians .

When the cricket season begins every year, it is certain that a new star will appeal to challenge comparison with the great names of old. Englishmen and Australians, Indians and West Indians will compare Compton and Hammond, Morris and Bradman, Hazare and Ranjitsiuhji, and Worrell and Headley. The balls are bowled, the wickets tumble, the runs are, made. But the game goes on, carrying everywhere its spirit of goodwill. And the heroes of today give way to the heroes of tomorrow.

When we've played our last match, and our fate shall draw nigh (For the Heroes of Cricket, like others, must die) Our bats we'll resign, neither troubled nor vexed,

And surrender our wickets to those who come next. - JOHN SEARWAR.

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AN OVERSEER’S DAY

“Boss! Boss! ha’–pas-five.” Yawns and not a few unpleasant remarks rend the air as bones and beds creak and unwilling bodies take the strain again. The day has begun.

How cold it is outside. A heavy fog and an icy wind bring back the memory of a cosy room and a warm bed that one has just left. More than once you wonder for a blissful moment whether it wouldn’t be worth even the Manager’s wrath to skip orders today and get oh! Just half an hour more that inviting bed! But no! It’s denied one. The Manager has a way of expressing himself.

Breakfast is a sober meal; tempers are on edge; the coffee’s cold. What a life! Surely even a pokey office is better than this .At least one gets up at a reasonable hour and not in the middle of the night, as it seems.

The mist lifts; the sun peeps out; the mules arrive. The latest addition to the staff touches his rear tenderly, and you smile at the thought of your own first week on a sugar estate. Sore lips, sore knees, sore rear; everything sore!

I had always prided myself on my love for animals, but only a few days on a stubborn mule will set one's heart against anything belonging to the animal kingdom. This dumb, no, surely, scheming creature decided to turn round on a bridge. For a moment the thought of a plunge into the filthy slush beneath lent almost Herculean strength to my arms and I tugged at the reins, dug my spurs into his side, and off he dashed, stung to action, with a thoroughly raging, but unheeded, master on his back.

The field reached, my driver shouts: "Four bits an opening." Eyes begin to bulge

in horror as voices exclaim: "Dutti proper hard, boss; grass like-a wire." These people are never satisfied; some stalk off in feigned disgust, the rest sit on their haunches and start sharpening their cutlasses meaningly. An inner voice warns you not to give way. Once weaken, all is lost. Gradually they straggle back and soon are all at work. You move 'On. It's not so bad, is it? Blue skies, green fields, a lovely land; but what a heat! Surely, man was not meant to endure it!

Punts pass by on their way to the factory. I am but a little cog in the great wheel

of production. The mule-boy flips his whip, the mules go on, dragging the punts, like great lumbering hulks up the canal. Soon they are lost to sight .There is only the continual chatter of the female weeders. The Manager rides up, says a few words and is gone again. Today work is rather slack, for it is Saturday. The check is taken, and at eleven we head home for lunch.

After lunch we'll have to be at the office - it is pay - day. At one o'clock the rush

begins. The money from the bank is checked and the paying starts. Surely there is no race with surnames as tongue-trying to the foreigner as the East Indian. A new-comer is

absolutely at sea. After some time he gives up in despair, but is soon back at it after a few encouraging words. The shouts, the astonishing rumble of conversation, the clinking of the coins are almost nerve racking. How have I stood this for two years? The wails of the women, the raucous voices of the men swell the infernal din. Short money, work unchecked; bad' coins are all causes of their groans. By five o'clock one is reduced to a piece of quivering humanity, with a beastly headache and about five dollars out of pocket. The day is done!

- D. G. NEWMAN

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On TEACHERS By D.D.T.

Of learned men whose task it is to light

The torch of wisdom, and dispel the night

Of ignorance, I tell. Who does not know

But one of them at least who is his foe?

In this grim cheerless species or mankind

No mercy for their victim you will find.

If by some chance your home-work you forget,

Then lectures long or burning hands you’ll get.

In vain, in vain, some good excuse you bring;

Of all despots your teacher is the king.

His sole desire, his only aim in life

Is just to make of school a place of strife.

Should some authority half-day proclaim

The teacher scowls at mention of his name.

O what vile weapons, O what tools they use

These tight-lipped friends who this vocation choose!

See there the well known ferula stands displayed.

On whom, for error slight-or none at all-

This gruesome thing did not with force once fall?

If this you scape, then there is yet the Hall

Of prolonged doom which men detention call.

And yet when dark schooldays draw to their close,

When students all as one forget their woes,

When one last feast is held to mark the end

And they to school an air of joy now lend,

They know that no such days they e’er will see

(No, though they live to eighty or ninety!)

Which they’ll like more, but long less for their end,

Than those which with their teachers they did spend.

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ON TEACHERS

“Desirest thou the Teacher’s work? Ask wisdom from above;

It is a work of toil and care, Of wisdom and of love.”

These Words set forth the most solemn aspect of the teacher’s work. It is one fraught with tremendous responsibilities and great cares. Its responsibilities are all the more heavy because the results of the work are so far reaching: so far reaching, indeed that they can never be correctly measured by any human standard.

The character and destiny of the future rest to a very great extent in the hands of

the teachers. They are with the children for a great part of their time; their influence is directly exerted with a definite aim in view and at a time when character is forming and impressions for good or evil are likely to become permanent. Yet form its nature the work is one of peculiar difficulty, trial and temptation, whilst being at the time one of peculiar privilege and reward.

In the first place the teacher’s profession is one that is little understood by others; neither its delights nor difficulties can be fully appreciated by the outsider. Teachers are accused of “talking shop” more than other class of worker and, in the main, the charge is true, for each is absorbed j n a miniature world so fascinating and interesting as a study that there is great danger of his forgetting the larger world around him with its claims and duties in his absorption in the smaller one, of which he is the centre.

This very engrossment makes great calls on every quality, mental, moral and physical. Mentally, the Teacher must have a fair capacity for learning, a good memory,. a power of imparting knowledge and a good education. Above all he must never cease to be a learner either as regards mere knowledge or ways of imparting .that knowledge. Morally, a good and an .unblemished personal character are indispensable. Powers of governing, cheerfulness, hopefulness, sympathy, patience, good temper and faith are all required. Physically, he must be able to stand the strain, and SIO a due measure of health and strength must be his. '

In so far as the above qualities are lacking his work must be impaired, for it is charged with difficulties. To call out the latent abilities and mould to a considerable extent the characters of one's pupils may appear most attractive, if somewhat difficult in ideal conditions, with ideal material to work on. But where are the ideal conditions, and where is the ideal child? and where is the group of twenty ideal children?

Still there are pleasures. Much fruit of good work can be seen, the dawn of love of knowledge, the upright character, the successful career, and the appreciative affection of many scholars.

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SOME ESCAPADES ON A MOTOR-CYCLE

I have had my motor-bike for just about a year, and I must say that as a means of getting from one place to another it is hard to beat, Naturally I have had several scrapes of which I intend to tell a few which have stuck in my mind.

The first was not long after I got the bike. I had just come down from Albion that day with my brother, and as he had to go up to Atkinson Field he went on the bike. I went along to bring it back. On the way back I was approaching a corner, not very fast, so I did not slow down. As I got halfway round I realised that the corner was much sharper than it looked. I immediately lost my head and gripped the two levers on the handlebar, the Dutch and the front brake. Now it is a golden rule on a motor bike never to use the front brake on a corner. Why? I soon found out. The front wheel went into a skid .and the bike headed for the trench. Deeming discretion the better part of valour, I jumped, no, not into the trench, on to the road. Luckily, -the bike fell and the footrest stuck into the ground and stopped it. I picked up myself and the bike with the aid of two labourers whose sole comment was: "Eh, eh, look oat duh, is dry, dry so he fall off!' Later, I heard that at that particular spot all the bushes at the side of the trench had been cleared way by other' vehicles going off the road.

One day, coming down from Leonora to school, I saw that the road was a hit crowded, and so was riding slowly. TM next minute two men on a bicycle dashed straight over on to my side of the road and, as the P.C. who later took my statement said, "co1l3lpsed" with me: Things have indeed come to a sad pass when innocent motor-cyclists are laid low by reckless cyclists. One of the men on the bicycle had an auger In his hand, and got about two inches of it in his thigh. I escaped with bruises and a bent fender stay. I reported to the Police, who took, or tried to take, statements; but I never heard any more of the matter.

To my mind, pedestrians in this Colony are a menace to traffic. They dawdle along in the- middle of the road as if they own it, and are for the most part so' daft that it is with difficulty that they are restrained from throwing themselves under the wheels of passing vehicles. But dare to' touch one or go too near! The ensuing stream of vituperative abuse makes the tar on the road bubble. A case in point. Going home one night from a meeting, I emerged from the dazzle of a passing car's headlights to see an old bewhiskered cove trying to dash across the road in front of me. I swung hard for the side, and luckily his brakes were better than his acceleration, and I flashed by in front of him, It was a pretty near thing ~however. for some part of the bike knocked his walking stick clean out of his hand. It was a wonder the shock didn't kill him. Naturally I did not wait to see, or to hear his views on the subject. I expect they Would have been slightly biased, somewhat coloured, by his anger and fear.

Last holidays up at Albion, the place being just about as gay and lively as a cemetery at midnight, I decided, to go for a swim at a beach about eight miles away. I therefore got out the motor-bike and set off with a friend on the back. I was riding along at the very unusual pace for me of about twenty-five miles an hour, when looking up I saw a man on a bicycle in the middle of the road. He, it appears, was deaf, and when

he looked round and saw me-naturally he wasn't looking where he was going-got panicky and started to head straight for my side of the road. Inwardly cursing the attendants at the Lunatic Asylum for letting this specimen escape, I swung hard for the side of the road. But he followed me relentlessly. Eventually my shoulder and leg hit him, and he fell. I did not, due to a display of almost superhuman skill - that is my version. Fighting down the temptation to leave him alone, I turned round and went back to help pick up the pieces. In a few seconds a large and curious crowd convened. The man lay down in the road groaning. On my asking him what he meant by riding right over on my side of the road, he looked puzzled. It then became clear that the poor fellow actually thought that the right-hand side of the road was the side to ride on; and he was willing to swear, and did so most fruitily, that he was in the right!

However, he was assisted to a nearby drug store, where the dispenser gave him first-aid and a bottle of liniment. The first-aid was free, the liniment however, was forty cents. At last he dearly understood that I was paying neither for the liniment nor for the 'bicycle which was badly bent, and furthermore I said that if anything was wrong with the motor-bike I'd sue him! I still do not believe that that man knows yet that you should ride on the left.

All the foregoing incidents occurred when I was riding myself, but the time I was most scared was the first time I ever sat on a motor-bike, and that was: on the pillion behind my brother. With great trepidation I sat down, clinging for dear lift to the saddle. I thought that I should be pretty safe, until I was told that most of the 'nuts holding the saddle down were missing, and it was liable to fly off at any minute. I swallowed that one hook, line and sinker, and its effect on my morale can be imagined.

That ride was a nightmare. To me it did not seem possible that any motorbike could go round corners at such an angle on roads coated with several inches of dust without skidding. Why! The thing was against all the laws of friction and cohesion, Dr whatever it Is. By some miracle we did not fall, and we arrived at our destination. When the time came to go back however, the bike refused to start. So we had to push-start it. To do this you put the machine in gear, pull in the clutch, run like mad pushing it, then, when you have attained sufficient speed you leap agilely into the saddle and release the clutch. If you are lucky the engine starts. We were unlucky for quite a time. Eventually the thing fired, and my brother; started to ride off. I was left standing on-the road, so, not liking the idea of a long walk home, I took a run off and made a flying leap, landing by good fortune on the pillion. A very auspicious" beginning. We were then proceeding at what to my fevered imagination seemed to be fifty miles an hour, but was probably thirty, when I saw we were approaching a raised bridge with a very had approach. I yelled "Bridge ahead." The sole consolation I got was a cool "So what ?" followed by an increase in speed. When we hit the bump at the bridge I shot forward and clasped my brother in a loving embrace, nearly precipitating us into the ditch. At the end of that ride I asked him if he was trying to kill me. "Oh, he said, that's nothing. You should go behind Noel. You would get thrills." I firmly resolved never to go behind Noel if I could help it.

J. KING. Noel has since been in an accident and is now out of hospital. - ED. Top

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

1. How many bones are in your body?

2. Spelling Bee. Which of the following words are misspelt ?

a. megatherium. b. tantallise, c. ipecacuahna d. prognoscis.

e. k!leidoscopic. f. crenallated.

3. What have the helicopter and the humming-bird in common?

4. Who discovered the Pacific Ocean? When?

5. What French engineer started both the Panama and Suez Canals?

6. Which was the first West Indian island to be colonized by England?

7. A king of Phrygia unwisely prayed to Bacchus that whatever he touchcd might be

turned to gold. who was this? . . . A beautiful youth fell in love with his own refiection, and, pining away, was changed into a flower. Who ?

8. What is the name of the largest News Collecting Agency in the world ?

9. Three presidents of the United States have been assassinated while in office.

What are their names ?

10. What famous poet was once a pilot on a river steamer ?

11. Who wrote: "Man is born free, and is everywhere in chains…

12. What is the height of the highest waterfail in England? How do you find it?

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THE YOUTH OF SURINAME AS A DEMERARIAN OBSERVED IT

I used to be under the impression that the youth of Demerara was somewhat more educated than that of Suriname, but a recent visit has revealed to me something different. Are you of my former opinion? If so, reader, pay careful attention to what I have recently noticed.

Let me start with the tots of Kindergarten. They do not cease to. play with match sticks and beads until they have reached the age of eight years. Even should they show sparks of intelligence they are obliged to remain in Kindergarten until they have reached that age fixed by the Board of Health for the Schools.

After the age, of eight they begin the years of study. The schools, both Government and Secondary, daily commence studies at eight a.m., and the pupils ale free at one p.m. During school hours there are two intervals of twenty minutes each in which the children take, recreation. I am inclined to believe that the afternoon schools of Demerara make the pupils tired and sleepy, and consequently less interested in their lessons.

What does the student do after he has completed the course at the High School? Many of them aim at following a profession. Engineering students study in Holland and then go-to America for further-study. But many boys take up the medical profession, chiefly because the opportunities of becoming a physician lie at their doors. If however a medical' student finds himself incapable of the extensive study required, he can easily branch off to dentistry. To become a first-class surgeon all that is required in regard to time in a university in Holland is two or three years. Daily can medical students be seen going to hospitals to obtain practical experience. The girls of Surinam generally find jobs in the offices of the colony, and, as they are not encouraged to take up a profession, very few attempt to.

- G.N.S.

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TEASERS

1. The Managing Director : "I will engage you at a salary of £100 per annum. You

will have a half-yearly increase of £5 - or, if you prefer it, a yearly increase of £20." Which did the clerk choose and why? Oh! its obvious that twenty is more than twice five. But is it?

2. Detect fallacies, if any, in the 'following :

(1) 4 – 10 = 9 - 15

.'. 4 - 10 +

= 9 – 15 +

Taking square roots 2 -

= 3 -

.'. 2=3

(11) Assume that, a = b

Then evidently, ab = a2

Subtracting b2, ab – b2 = a2 – b2

Factoring, b(a - b) = (a + b) (a - b)

Dividing by (a-b), b = (a + b)

but a = b .'. b = 2b

Hence 1 = 2.

3. Why is the landlady of a boarding-house like a parallelogram? 4. In a certain village there is a barber; one barber only and no more. He is clean

shaven. The barber shaves all those and only those who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?

5. What table has no legs to stand upon? 6. Show that twice ten is equal to twice eleven? 7. What is that from which you may take away the whole and still have some left? 8. 3 men went into a shop to buy an article which cost $30. They contributed $10

each to the purchase. When they had left, the shopkeeper discovered that he had charged them too much, for the article really cost $25. Taking $5 from the till, he sent a boy to return it to them, but the dishonest boy kept $2 for himself and returned $1 each to them. The article therefore really cost the men $9 each. Now 3 x 9 = 27 and the boy has 2 which makes 29. Who has the missing dollar?

- JOHN SEARWAR.

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DEATH

Man, like an ant upon a wave,

Himself from death he cannot save;

But yesterday both strong and fair,

To-day he is no longer here.

Remember we some day must die,

And soul from body then will fly;

To death we tread this darksome way

To live in an eternal day.

Have we no sorrow then- nor pain?

Are all our earthly works in vain?

The reckoning is not on earth,

For God alone will judge our worth.

- N. DENNY, U. IV.

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REVENGE AFTER LIFE

The moon had risen high and from behind some silvery clouds flowed a wan light which slowly yielded to the darkness of the night. All was still but for the steady pitter patter of the falling rain whose drops formed large puddles in the mile-long drive that led to the manor. Within, the sale occupant of the library turned fearfully at his desk towards the large French window. With straining eyes he searched the darkness, Faint footsteps sounded. The scent of gardenias perfumed the air; strong it must have been, for it penetrated into the room. A year of awful fear quickened his senses. The heavy, grey walls of the manor looming high in the night could protect him now no longer. They were his footsteps: whose else could they be? and he had been dead twelve months. He could not mistake that tread, a friend's tread, betrayed and hunted out of life. The footsteps stopped. A lawn some thirty yards wide lay between the house and the drive. Would no sound come? The window creaked, swung open. A haze, a mist, scent laden, surged into the room, swirling, growing denser in its wreaths, whilst through them, silent in his movements, he stepped, his eyes cold and glazed, set blankly in a stare. But in those eyes and in that stare was all the knowledge of the injustice done, of treachery and of hatred. Fixed in his purpose he moved forward, a figure as might be seen in some dreadful dream, his face a mask, his movements stiff; and stretching out his long emaciated arms he seized the living man, strangling him with strong, cold fingers. Shrunk in his chair, aghast with horror, the murderer lay helpless till, in his last extremity, with a violent, impotent convulsion he tried to free himself, only to sink lifeless to the ground.

Creaking slightly, the window swung in the rising breeze. He lay as he fell through the night, embalmed in the scent of the gardenias and the odour of the fresh, wet earth.

Some miles away, in a small village churchyard, the remains of that friend had net stirred those twelve long months.

- R. SIMONE, U IV.

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ANSWERS TO HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW 1. Two hundred and six. 2. (b) tantalise, (c) ipecacuanha, (d) prognosis, (f) crenellated. 3. They can fly backwards or remain motionless in the air,. 4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa. 25th September,1513. 5. Ferdinand, Vicomte de Lesseps, 6. St. Kitts, 1513. 7. (a.) Midas, (b) Narcissus. 8. Reuter. 9. Abraham Lincoln, 1865; J. A. Garfield, 1881; W. MacKinley, 1901. 10. Mark Twain. 11. Jean Jacques Rousseau. 8. Twice the height of Niagara. By going down into the cave of Gaping Ghyll,

Yorkshire. There are two of them in the same cave.

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ANSWERS TO TEASERS 1. You are dull. A £5 increase half-yearly will mean £55 at the end of the first six months, and £60 at the end of the last six months, making a total of £115 at the end of the year; while the yearly increase will provide you with £120 by this time. 2.

1) On the left-hand side the negative square root is taken; on the right-hand, side the positive one.

2) You divided by zero for a - b = 0. 3. Because she is an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything. 4. The barber himself. 5. The multiplication table. 6. Twice ten is twenty, and twice eleven is twenty-two (twenty, too). 7. The word "wholesome." 8. The shopkeeper has twenty-five, the three men one each, and the boy two. What are .you looking for? '

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PORK CHOPS GOES - TO A PARTY!

Pork Chops returned from school one day

Just-like a lark-he seemed so gay.

His mother straightway he did seek;

"There'll be a party Wednesday week,"

He cried, "At John's home, mother dear,

I've quite a long time to prepare.”

He laughed and then he jumped for joy

As mother kissed' her darling boy.

That night he could not sleep a wink,

Of school next day he could not think.

His former battles he'd recall,

How he had won them great and small-

Grim tussles in Gargantuan art

In which he found no counterpart.

For years the champion, .he alone

At table spared nor meat nor bone,

Opponents stared in dumb surprise

With bursting belts and bulging eyes;

And oft surprise turned into awe,

As Chops bemoaned his empty maw.

No wonder then at his nickname

For he had justly earned his fame.

Just one secret had he at least

That was to fast before a feast.

On this occasion he struck form:

His fast-the calm before the storm-

Was somewhat of unusual length,

In stomach's weakness lay his strength.

At last the morn of Wednesday broke!

Alas! Poor Chops from dreams awoke.

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CELEBRITIES OF UPPER IV

You all have read of famous men

Who won renown with sword or pen;

Perhaps of these you do not know

Whom this immortal verse will show.

McDirty won his scholar's fame,

Despite his age, despite his name:

No grey professor is as keen

As he on problems of hygiene.

With head high in the stratosphere,

Goes Scanty filling all with fear.

His walking puts the ail' to rout

Which blows friend Gravo all about.

Lil Denny is exceptional,

Visited an eye professional,

Claims prowess with the boxing gloves,

May gain one day the fame he loves.

Abu's the antic of them all,

Even surpassing Lil Eight Ball.

And Gogo's head gives us delight,

We all enjoy the wondrous sight.

When Bangs was young and in his prime

He loved a fight at any time:

But now he's old and getting grey

He silts and shivers all the day.

Remember well this hint you chaps:

When Mousey's near, just shut your trap's.

Now Chippie must appear at last,

He tries to bowl both hard and Fast,

Sometimes he's short, sometimes he's slow,

The Cobb's delight the score-books show.

Not all of our celebrities

Appear, and that the pity is.

I know you only some do see,

But others could make history.

- E. VALLIDUM.

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KINDNESS TO ANIMALS

Kindness to animals should not come from a mere desire to prevent them

suffering pain. We have been given an understanding and so we ought to know that such kindness is a duty; Unkindness can be so bad that we can even sin our souls by it.

When you think of it you will see that we have reasons for being kind. Animals supply us with many necessities of life, they also make heavy tasks lighter and life easier. As owners, we have the duty to take proper care of the beasts under our care, because we are superior to them and they are helpless. Since they lack intelligence and we have to punish them in order to make them do what we want, at least we ought to treat them well in compensation.

Therefore everyone can be kind by taking personal care of the animal he owns, not ill-treating it, and seeing that it is fed and given a proper place to sleep. We can also support organisations, such as the S.P.C.A., whose duty it is to see that all animals are properly looked after.

Kindness to animals brings a rich reward. They will love us in return, and will live long to work in our service. Also we shall know that we are doing the right thing. - CLYDE JARDIM, Form II.

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FOOTBALL FIRST IX

Standing (L R): A. deMattos, H. McCowan, L. Gomes, L. Wight, V. Walker, P. Wight.

Sitting: J. Rebeiro, R. Shepherd, E. Caetano, D. Newman, H. Choy

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FOOTBALL IN 1948

When Football Practice matches began early in January, our main purpose was to find new players for the Reed League Team. Towards the end of the Easter Term we had a few practice games to tryout the team that was to oppose Queen's in the Dias Cup.

THE DIAS CUP

The first game against Queen's in the Dias Cup was played shortly before Sports Day at the G.F.C. ground. The sides were evenly matched our own team being stronger in attack and the Q.C. defence a little surer under pressure than our own. The forwards played 'Very well up to a point, yet considering the number of attacks they made it is surprising they could only score once. The wingers were slow and irresolute while the centre forward too often tried to go through the opposing defense on his own instead of using his inside forwards. Our only goal was scored by H. Choy early in the second half and Queen's equalized about five minutes before the end. H. Figueroa in goal, Vanier at centre-half and the inside forwards played particularly well, but the whole team deserved congratulations.

THE SECOND GAME AGAINST Q.C.

The replay in the Dias Cup took place on the Eve Leary Ground. Once again we had sufficient chances to win the game but were eventually defeated 2 - 1 after extra time. The first half was fairly even. Both sides missed chances, but our chances included a penalty which was duly missed.

Our team pressed during the early part of the second half and eventually de Mattos cut in from the right wing and scored. Queen's went out for the equaliser and got it shortly before full-time. A speculative long shot slipped through H. Figueroa's hands and Bacchus who had followed the shot tapped it into an empty goal.

Extra time was played and Q.C. went ahead through their outside left while our defenders were appealing for off side. In the short time left for play we tried hard for an equaliser and just before the end we were awarded a; penalty. L. Gomes's shot hit the bar, a shot from Caetano was saved and we had lost a good game of missed chances, Considering the heavy state of the ground the team played very good football.

THE REED LEAGUE AND NARVO CUP

As V. Vanier and L. Gomes were no longer playing for the College, and as one game was played during the holidays when about five other players were unavailable,

while on other occasions injuries kept two or three players out of the team, the XI did far better than was anticipated in winning their section of the Reed League. One game was drawn and the rest were won. All the players who came into the team to fill gaps gave a good account of themselves. The Final of the Reed League was not played till after the end of the school year and E. Caetano, H. Figueroa and Melville were not available for this game. We were defeated 2-0 by G.F.C., the forwards failing to settle down as a line.

In the Narvo Cup we reached the semi-final and then lost 2 - 3 to N. Rangers. Faulty goalkeeping and a missed penalty were largely responsible for this result.

The Reed League and Narvo Results were everything that could be expected, The team was never beaten when playing at full strength and often won surprisingly when playing much below full strength. A good team spirit was maintained throughout the season and the team usually tried to play real' constructive football. Late in the season some players showed a tendency to sacrifice ball- control for kick and rush methods. Such methods make football less attractive, are not suitable to the best type of football and very rarely bring success to a boys' team. I wish to thank all who helped to make the games enjoyable and successful.

RESULTS

DIAS CUP v Q.C. at G.F.C. Drawn 1-1.

v Q.C. at Eve Leary. Lost 1-2.

REED LEAGUE v Bookers F.C. Won 1-0.

v St. B.F.C. Won 1-0.

v N. Rangers. Drawn 2-2.

v Royal. Won 2-1.

v Victory. Won 1-0.

v Q.C. Won 4-1.

FINAL v G.F.C. Lost 0-2.

NARVO CUP v Victory. Won 3-2.

v T. & H.D. Won 1-0.

v Victoria. Won 2-1.

SEMI-FINAL v N. Rangers. Lost 2-3.

DEMERARA JUNIOR v Chinese F.C. Lost 1-2.

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FOOTBALL HOUSE GAMES

Two rounds were played in the House Competition and Butler won the Cup rather easily. They were expected to win as they had strong teams in the Juniors and Colts sections, The second round senior games call for some comment. Butler drew with Etheridge and lost to Galton yet Etheridge beat Galton 9 - 0. This result was due to Galton fielding a very weak and depleted team. Seniors, especially 1st XI players, should give an example in keenness to the others, Some boys have comparatively few opportunities of playing in a good cricket or football game, and these opportunities should not be spoilt by 1st XI players either refusing to play, or playing too much for themselves (when they do play).

Towards the end of the school year Das once again started serious work on the ground at Brickdam to enable it to dry more quickly, This interfered to some extent with ordinary friendly games among the colts. The work done will soon more than recompense the colts for any games they missed. At the same time they should remember that one game played on a very soft and wet ground may spoil the ground for other games for weeks.

HOUSE MATCHES (SUMMER TERM 1948)

1st Round:

Date Match Results E B G

May 4th or 6th E. v. B. (Seniors) Draw 2 - 2 1 1 -

May 11th or 13th E. v. G. (Seniors) Galton won 5 - 1 0 - 2

May 18th or 20th B .v. G. (Seniors). Galton won 3 - 1 -1/4 0 2

Total 3/4 1 4

May 4th or 6th E. v. B. (Juniors) Butler won 7 - 1 0 2 -

May 11th or 13th E. v. G. (Juniors) Galton won 1 - 0 0 - 2

May 18th or 20th B. v. G. (Juniors). Draw 1 - 1 -1/4 1 1

Total -1/4 3 3

May 4th E. v. B (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Butler won 3-1 0 2 -

May6th B. v. G (Colts ’B’ Teams). Draw 1-1 - 1 1

May11th E. v. G (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Etheridge won 2 - 0 2 - 0

May 13th E. v. B (Colts ‘B’ Teams) Etheridge lost 5 - 1 0 2 -

May 18th B. v. G (Colts 'A' Teams) Butler won 3-2 - 2 0

May 20th E. v. G (Colts 'B' Teams) Galton won 6-0 0 - 2

Total 2 7 3

Play starts at 4:45 p.m. prompt. The Neutral House must supply Linesmen, or else lose 1 of a point per man. A Win will count as Two Points and a Draw as One. N.B. Juniors B will play with Colts.

S. MARQUES

2nd Round:

Date Match Results E B G

1st Round 3/4 1 4

June 15th or 17th E. v. B. (Seniors) Draw 3-3 1 1 -

June 22nd or 24th E. v. G. (Seniors) Etheridge won 9-0 2 - 0

June 29th or July 1st

B .v. G. (Seniors). Galton won 2-1 - 0 2

Total 33/4 2 6

1st Round -1/4 3 3

June 15th or 17th E. v. B. (Juniors) Butler won 2-1 0 2 -

June 22nd or 24th E. v. G. (Juniors) Galton won 3-1 0 -1/4 2

June 29th or July 1st B. v. G. (Juniors). Butler won 3-2 - 2 0

Total -1/4 63/4 5

1st Round 2 7 3

June 15th E. v. B (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Butler won 3-0 0 2 -

June 17th B. v. G (Colts ’B’ Teams). Butler won 5-1 - 2 0

June 22nd E. v. G (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Etheridge won 6-1 2 - 0

June 24th E. v. B (Colts ‘B’ Teams) Butler won 2-0 0 2 -

June 29th B. v. G (Colts 'A' Teams) Butler won 8-1 - 2 0

July 1st E. v. G (Colts 'B' Teams) Galton won 1-0 0 - 2

Total 4 15 5

GRAND TOTAL 71/2 233/4 16

Butler won - congratulations. S. MARQUES

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Football

ETHERIDGE GALTON BUTLER

Seniors H. Choy Capt., E. Caetano

Vice-Capt., H. McCowan Capt., R. Shepherd

Vice-Capt., H. Figueroa

Juniors R. Simone Capt., J. Gouveia

Vice-Capt., H. Shepherd Capt., R. Rix.

Vice-Capt., V. D'Andrade

Colts Colts A: N. F. Thomas

Colts B: P. Wallbridge Capt., J. de Freitas

Vice-Capt. G. Lopes Capt., J. C. Gomes

Vice-Capt. J.Hazlewood

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PEN PICTURE OF THE NETS

(By PARKER) P. WIGHT - The Captain. A Very good bat who started the season badly. He can be a good off-break bowler, but has developed a sort .of jive when delivering, so most of the skill goes into that. Excellent field in any position. The cricket owes him a great deal. L. WIGHT - Released from the College team in the hope of his playing Case Cup cricket. A good bat with a fine back drive. An interesting off break and a sound field. His best series of matches were: Colony Colts. v. Trinidad Portuguese 111 not out. Colony Colts v. The Islands 58. Colony XI v. The Islands, 1st. innings 75 not out, 2nd. innings 148. A. PERSAUD - Known as Parker. Watches the ball remarkably well. Handicaps himself by his crouch. Keen fieldsman. A senior member of the team who has helped considerably. L. DALY - a forceful bat and useful opening bowler. Very keen in the field, sometimes too much so. Fine example who has contributed considerably to the building up of the side. F. MARQUES - Keen fieldsman, safe catch. Began the season well in batting, but acquired bad habits, including a crouch. Tends to play back far too much. Can hit a ball well and hard. R. SHEPHERD - A senior member to whom we owe a great deal. He has set a fine example. Hard worker, but somewhat stiff when bowling and very stiff with the bat. A good fieldsman and safe catch. Deputy captain. B. PATOIR - Probably a very promising cricketer. Much depends on himself. An appalling bat left and a very good eye. Lacks control when he starts going for the bowling. Will he ever become a bowler? If he does, he may be one of the Colony's best. Good field. He should learn first things first. L. CAMACHO - A tryer, possessed of a crouch. His strong wrists, if they were supple, would make of him a fine bat. Somewhat slow in the field, but has taken one of the finest catches of the season. Keen, reliable and punctual. M. CAMACHO - Has passed from not being able to play at all to being regarded as having cricket in him. Tends not to think quickly enough at the start of an innings and in a crisis. Greater experience may make a most reliable player of him. Punctual, reliable and most willing to help. G. STEPHENSON - His cramped stance prevents his progress. Has bowled a good ball at the Nets. Keen in the field.

N. THOMAS - The baby of the side. Has taken splendid catches behind the wicket, Though small and young it is clear that he is every inch a cricketer. O. GIBSON - Showing more signs of enthusiasm and being more regular at Nets. It is hard to say what he will turn into. He is trying out most of things. CAMACHO - Retired from active service owing to sickness. At present is our efficient scorer. He was showing signs of general improvement. D. WIGHT - Too small for the XI at present, but surely he must grow into a fine all-rounder. H. SHEPHERD - Has the 'Shepherd stiffness.' Probably will turn into a sound all-rounder. I. MENDONCA - Full of promise. Ought to grow into a fine forceful bat. His bowling is not without interest, and he should become a good fieldsman.

Now we can have a look at what the Nets have produced in the field. This is perhaps the most successful cricketing session the XI has had since its admission to the Wight Cup Competition. High scores were made against us, giving us an impossible task to win, and we have seen the youthful team playing in grand style, coming out with flying colours. One of the keenly contested matches was against E.I.C.C. They bowled us out for the meagre total of 49, to be skittled out for a paltry 46. This was an achievement. We gained much confidence in ourselves from this particular match.

Our success did not depend wholly on certain individuals, but as a team we

played the game as it should be played. We had team work, and I can safely my that this particular XI was successful because all the members were co-operative. Everybody had a job to do and has carried it out to the best of his ability. We do not owe our success only to the hat and ball, but also to Father Gill ,who has done a splendid job in coaching us, and who kept net-practice throughout the August holidays. It IS through his efforts that we have an XI to put into the field. When he returned from England he discovered that most of our cricketers had left school. He then looked around for new talent, and, after hard work by everyone, coached us' to reach 1st XI standard. Without doubt he has succeeded. To him I tip my hat and say: 'coach 'em to victory.' I and the members of the XI must give a word of praise to! "Bucky" Wight, our captain, who has carried out his task assiduously, It is difficult to captain well, but we have been lucky in Peter's leadership, "Rice" Shepherd, who acted in Wight's place did so very well. He deserves our gratitude,

Before ending I must point out a very interesting thing about this year's XI. It is

that, if you go through the matches, you will find that the results are due not to one

player but to many. F. Marques against Bookers made our baiting look hopeful. P. Wight and L. Daly were largely responsible for our win against E.I.C.C., though Gibson played his part too. Wight scored over half the runs against T. & H.D., while Shepherd was the backbone of the bowling. Persaud in the batting and Wight in the bowling produced the win against C.Y. O. Wight and Patoir as bats and Shepherd as bowler did the trick for us against G.C.C. Daly with L. Camacho with Patoir bowling staved off complete defeat against C.S.C. B. Patoir and M. Camacho enabled us to be defeated with honour against P.O. Persaud's, Daly's, Wight's and Patoir's innings gave us the win against Y.M.C.A. If you count them up there should be nine. Well done to all.

A. PERSAUD, alias PARKER.

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THE WIGHT CUP

Owing to the fact that we lost so many men and that the new ones were inexperienced and had everything to learn, we started the Competition with little hope of staving off repeated defeat. Of the ten matches played one was lost right out, three lost on the first innings, one drawn 'On the first innings, and five won on the first innings. Two more matches remain to be played. An excellent result under the circumstances, due to the keenness of the side, for few of the boys have reached that steady stage on which a: captain can rely. Our bowling is not strong and the side not well balanced. Defects such as these can easily bring ruin to a side, and I believe they would have done to ours had it not been for the fellows' enthusiasm. But even enthusiasm can have its drawbacks as this season has shown. The boys have been practising at nets, in back yards, at the College and almost anywhere, steadily building into their style some of their faults. "So and So, have you been practising with So and So?" "Yes, Father." "I thought so." The second So and So has a bad fault and the first has acquired it, much to his undoing. In all fairness to them they have improved considerably during the season. Cricket is a long-drawn-out affair and tends at times to tax the patience of all concerned. The team has followed its Captain well. Stanley Walker, after 'watching a College match, not cricket, remarked to me: "The same old thing: too many captains." This cricket season stands out in striking contrast with some previous years. The XI has let the captain be a captain, though at times few could agree with some of his decisions; I certainly did not. All will agree that Peter Wight has done very fine work as leader of the team, both in the field and at nets. Net Practice is another thing which can become somewhat trying to both coach and coached. In all my experience I have never known the Nets so well attended and the boys so ready to take advice. Some of the boys are exceptionally good. Punctuality, .. readiness to assume responsibility for the various sections of the gear, readiness to

work to the end and readiness to learn have been the chief features of practice this season. If our fellows build such a spirit into a tradition by maintaining it for three or four years, the College will turn out an all-St. Stanislaus Colony team. We are getting on that way: five old boys played for the Colony Colts this year 'against the Islands, five were chosen in the Colony side, and, of the three representing the Colony in the West Indian tour of India, two are Old Boys. A. GILL, S.J.

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WIGHT CUP RESULTS.

S.S.C. v . Bookers -

S.S.C .- 99, Bookers 106. Lost 1st innings, F, Marques 31. B. Patoir 4 wickets for 25; P. Wight 3 wickets for 27.

S.S.C. v. E.I.C.C.- S.S.C. 49, E.I.C.C. 46. Won on the 1st innings. O. Gibson 13 P. Wight 4 wickets for 18; L. Daly 4 wickets for 21.

S.S.C. v, T: & H.D.- S.S.C. 104, T. & H.D. 53. Won on the 1st innings. P. Wight 53 retired, A. Persaud 25. R. Shepherd 4 wickets for 29 . ..

S.S.C. v. D.C.C.-

S.S.C. 90, D.C.C. 81 for 7. Drawn 1st innings. L. Daly 3 wickets for 38.

S.S.C. v. C.Y.O.- S.S.C. 75 and 69 for 7. C.Y.O. 60 and 87 for 3 declared. Match won on 1st Innings. A. Persaud 25; P: Wight 5 wickets for 20.

S.S.C. v. G.C.C.- S.S.C. 153 for 7. G.C.C. 77. Won on 1st innings. P. Wight 58, B. Patoir 32. R. Shepherd 6 wickets for 23.

S.S.C. v. C.S.C.- S.S.C. 69 and 59 for 4. C.S.C. 87 and 72 for 6. Lost on 1st innings. L. Daly 22. L. Camacho 29. P. Wight 4 for 49. B. Patoir 4 for 9.

S.S.C. v. P.O.- S.S.C: 98 and 98.- P.O. 194 for 4 declared and 6 for 1. Patoir 53, P. Wight 26.

S.S.C. v. M.C.C. record is missing. Top

INTER-COLLEGIATE MATCH S.S.C. v. Q.C. S.S.C. 64 and 29 for 1. Q .C. 123 and 85. Lost on the 1st innings.

1ST INNINGS

O M. R. W. L. Wight 30. 10 36 4 22.5 5 39 3 P. Wight

2ND INNINGS

P. Wight O. M. R. W 12 3 20 5 V. Walker 6 1 13 3

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Cricket

ETHERIDGE GALTON BUTLER

Seniors Capt.- L. Wight Capt., E. Caetano

Vice-Capt., P. Wight Capt., R. Shepherd

Vice-Capt., D Newman

Juniors

'A' Capt.- G. Stephen

'B' Capt.- Anthony

Crum-Ewing

Capt., J. Gouveia

Vice-Capt., H. Shepherd Capt., F. Marques.

Vice-Capt., B. Patoir

Colts

Colts 'A' Capt.-

B. Fernandes

'B' Capt.- H. d'Andrade

Capt., J. de Freitas

Vice-Capt. G. Lopes Capt., J. C. Gomes

Vice-Capt. J.Hazlewood

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CRICKET HOUSE MATCHES

One round was played in the House Competition and Butler won the Cricket Cup on the strength of their Juniors and Colts Teams. There was some fast scoring and the games were keen and enjoyable. Games at the Sea Wall ground must start promptly at 4.00 to allow sufficient time for an outright win.

CRICKET - XMAS TERM, 1947

Results of House Matches

Teams Match 1st Innings 2nd Innings E B G

B. v. G (Colts 'A' Teams) Butler 24 62

- 0 5 Galton 49 for 4 declared 55

B .v. G. (Seniors). Butler 46 24

- 0 5 Galton 99 for 3 declared -

B. v. G. (Junior 'A' Teams). Butler 44 for 2 declared -

- 5 0 Galton 25 6

B. v. G (Colts ’B’ Teams) Butler 36 35 for 8 declared

- 5 0 Galton 37 23

E. v. B. (Seniors) Etheridge 95 for 2 declared 22 for 1 declared

3 0 - Butler 60 25 for 4

E. v. B. (Junior 'A' Teams) Etheridge 28 53

0 5

Butler 86 for 2 declared -

E. v. B (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Etheridge 46 Did not bat

0 3 - Butler 51 22

E. v. B. (Junior 'B' Teams) Etheridge 18 41

0 5 - Butler 74 -

E. v. B (Colts ‘B’ Teams) Etheridge 34 22

5 0 -1 Butler 43 12

E. v. G. (Seniors) Etheridge 71 for 8 declared

3 - 0 Galton 34

E. v. G. (Junior 'A' Teams) Etheridge 69 8 for 1

5 - 0 Galton 40 36

E. v. G (Colts ‘A’ Teams) Etheridge 64 34 for 2 declared

3 - 0 Galton 32 30 for 2

E. v. G. (Junior 'B' Teams) Etheridge 30 26 for1

0 - 3 Galton 33 47

E. v. G (Colts 'B' Teams) Etheridge 44 25

0 - 5 Galton 42 52 for 9 declared

B. v. G. (Junior 'B' Teams) Butler 65 -

- 5 0 Galton 20 37

Total 19 28 16

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PREPARATION FOR THE SPORTS

In past years, during the six weeks preceding the sports. boys have returned in the afternoons to the College Ground, Brickdam, twice a week for compulsory training. Some came willingly, some came unwillingly and others rarely came at all. As every class now has a course in physical training during school hours under the direction of Mr. Marques, it was no longer considered necessary to have special compulsory training after schools, though many returned to the school grounds to practice hurdling or jumping or track events.

The M.C.C. tour forced us to make another change so that the heats were held on the two Saturdays preceding the Sports. In spite of the big number of heats Mr. Marques, Mr. Gunby and Mr. Short and quickly got through the programme. Mr. Singh seemed to take pleasure in making arrangements for officials to be kept cool by soft drinks. We hope before long to have a pavilion at the ground and this would be a special blessing on the day of the heats.

SPORTS DAY

It rained during the morning, it was raining at 1:30 and it rained a little after the Sports began. It is true there may be some risk of injury in running on a wet surface but the track was carefully inspected and judged to be safe and there were many reasons against postponing the sports. The track had been prepared, the hurdles and barricades and various other obstacles set up, arrangements were made for the cake stall and for tea, and it was the last day of term. The prospect of having to postpone the Sports was not a pleasant one, so when Badge said the weather would clear up and no damage would be done to the ground by holding the Sports, it was decided to omit the High Jumps and carry through with the rest of the programme. We had no cause to regret this decision. (We had to wait till the 3rd April for a dry day to complete the High Jumps). Though the Sports did not begin till about 2:15, and were held up by a short shower, Fr. Gill, Mr. Shorland and Mr. Marques carried through the programme so expeditiously that the Sports were finished at the usual time.

Only one record was broken but this was the one record that had to be broken. For some years the mile has been won in under 5 mins. 20 secs. but the winner has not run from scratch. G. Spence won this year from scratch in the quickest time so far giving us a good mile record. R Rix just failed to establish records for Set II in the 440 yards and Hurdles races. Considering the weather conditions these performances also were very good efforts. The Tug of War Final in which Etheridge defeated Galton provided an exceptionally keen and prolonged struggle.

I wish here, to thank Misses Angela and Clarice Rodrigues, Miss Lopes and their

helpers for taking care of the Cake Stall and the Tea, Fr. Gill for relieving me on Sports Day, Hon. John Fernandes, Mr. W. F. Gunby, Mr. H. Steele, Mr. E. H. Gomes, Mr. F.

Shorland, Mr. J. E. Hazlewood, Mr. J. Fernandes Jnr. and the members of the Staff for their help on Sport's Day and with the preparations for the Sports. I am grateful also to all the boys who 'helped to prepare the course for the heats and the sports and to members of the Sixth form and others who gave the officials so much help. We all owe to these, to the G.C.C. and to the Prize Donors a Jeep debt of gratitude.

SPORTS RESULTS

80 YARDS FLAT RACE (Under 10)

1st 2nd 3rd Time

C. Gomes G M. Bunbury E L. Fernandes G 11 secs.

100 YARDS

Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time

IV P. Fernandes G D. Fraser E C. Gomes G 13 4/5 secs

III J.E. Melvill B V. Mahangar E V. Rosemay G 13 ½ secs.

II R. Rix B J. Hazlewood B C. Gravesande E 12 secs.

I D. Bunbury B A. Crawford B J.Henry B 11 secs.

220 YARDS

Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time

IV D.Fraser E P. Fernandes G C. Gomes G 32 2/5 secs.

III J. E. Melville B V. Mahangar E V. Rosemay G 30 secs.

II J. Hazlewood B C. Gravesand E V. Charran B 27 4/5 secs.

I J. Henry B D. Bunbury B D. Corsbie E 24 4/5 secs.

880 YARDS

Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time

II J. Hart E J. Goveia G C. Gravesande E 2 mins

33 ½ sec.

I D. Ferreira B C. Collins B V. Scantlebury G 2 mins.

17 secs.

THROWING THE CRICKET BALL

Set 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Distance

III R. Outridge E J. E Melville B E. D’Andrade E 56yds 17 1/2 ft.

II S. Chee-a-Tow G Mendonca G J. Hart E 73 yds. 2 1/6 ft.

I E. Caetano G H. Figueroa G H. McCowan G 81yds. 2 ft.

One MILE (OPEN)

1st 2nd 3rd Time

G. Spence E C. Collins B D. Newman B 5 mins. 14 1/5 secs.

120 YARDS HURDLES

Set 1 st 2nd 3 rd Time

III J. De Freitas G G. Perry B J. Melville B 19 4/5 secs.

II R. Rix B J. Hazlewood B J. Goveia G 18 1/5 sec.

I D. Corsbie E D. Bunbury B M. Veecock E 17 1/5 secs

440 YARDS

Set 1 st 2nd 3 rd Time

II R. Rix B V. Charran B J. Hart E 1 min. 3 secs.

I D. Bunbury B D. Ferreia B D. Corsbie E 58 2/5 secs.

LONG JUMP

Set 1 st 2nd 3 rd Distance

IV R. D.Gonsalves E E. D’Andrade E L. Fernandes G 11 ft.61/4 ins.

III H.P. Melville G N. Thomas E R. Figueroa B 13 ft .1/2 ins.

II S.Chee-a-Tow G J. Hart E R. Gunby E 16 ft. 8 ins.

I D.Corsbie E M. Veecock E D. Bunbury B 18 ft. 2. Ins.

HIGH JUMP

Set 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Height.

III J.Melville B R. Figueroa B G. Perry B 4 ft. 4 ins.

II V. Lampkins B L. Gittens G J. A. Kranenburg G 4 ft. 9 ins.

I J. Kranenburg B M. Veecock E J. King B 5 ft. 4. Ins.

RELAY RACE TUG-o-WAR Final

1 st 2 nd 1 st 2 nd

Butler House Etheridge House Etheridge House Galton House

OBSTACLE RACE SACK RACE THREE-LEGGED RACE

Set 1 st 1 st 1 st

IV - P. Fernandes -

III H. Melville G. Lopes J. E. Mellvie and J. R. De Freitas

II G. Goveia R. Rix R. Rix and G. Goveia

GIRLS RACE OLD BOYS RACE

220 yards, Under 13 220 yards flat, Over 13 1 st

Miss Margorie Yeates Miss Norma Mathias W. Hinds

CONSOLATION RRIZES

1 st Consolation 2 nd Consolation

Set IV & III V. Mahangar. R. Figueroa.

Set II J, Hazlewood J. Hart and C. Gravesande.

Set I D. Bunbury M. Veecock.

AN APPRECIATION FROM THE STAFF AND BOYS

The staff and boys of St. Stanislaus College beg to thank the. following firms and individuals, through whose generosity their Sports was a success:-

Messrs. D. M. Fernandes, Ltd.; Fogarty's Stationery; the Utility Store; de Caires Bros., Ltd.; E.G. Biscuit Factory, Ltd.; the Shu-All; M. Gonsalves, Ltd.; the Central Garage; Psaila Bros.; Ferreira & Gomes, Ltd.; J. P. Santos & Co., Ltd.; G. Bettencourt & Co., Ltd.: Sandbach Parker & Co., Ltd.; Demerara Electric Co., Ltd.; R. G. Humphrey & Son, Ltd.; Francis de Caires & Co.; the "Daily Chronicle" Stationery; Brodie & Rainer, Ltd.; Booker Bros., McConnell & Go., Ltd.; Dallas V. Kidman & Co.; Jaikaran's Drug Store; De Freitas & Co. and Wieting & Richter, Ltd.; the Hon. John Fernandes, Messrs. Gabriel Fernandes, John Fernandes (Jnr.) , S. S. Freitas, Herman De Freitas, W. E.Foster, H., L. Steele, J. Joaquim, A. S. D'Andrade, J. E, Hazlewood, J, I. King, E. H. Gomes, Asst. Supt. W. F. Gunby, M. F. Shorland, and the Committee and members of the G.C.C. Mesdames J. I. King, H. Stevenson, O. Gagan, A. Rego, and L. Martins; the Misses Cora Lopes, E. D'Oliveira, A.and C. Rodrigues, E. De Freitas, G. Tranquada; C. Fernandes; C. Gonsalves and V. D'Andrade.

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PROSPECTUS

SAINT STANISLAUS COLLEGE has been conducted for over seventy years by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus with the object, not only of giving boys a sound liberal education, but also of imparting to them a love and knowledge of their religion.

The curriculum of studies prepares for the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board School Certificate and for the London Higher Schools Examination, on the results of which is awarded the British Guiana .Scholarship.

On our playing fields both at the College and near the Sea Wall we are able to provide full facilities for Cricket, Football and Athletics under the supervision of the College staff. The school year consists of three terms. Fees not including books,are as follows :-

Forms I to IV $20 per term.

Brothers $20 for the first; $10 for the others.

We prefer to receive boys before the age of twelve.

For further particulars apply to

THE PRINCIPAL

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