A.M.D.G.

St. STANISLAUS MAGAZINE

VOL. [5] NOVEMBER 1947

College Editor: Fr. A. Gill, S.J.

CONTENTS

COLLEGE SECTION Frontispiece Examination Results

Editorial Prize Giving / Prize Winners

Junior Sodality Answers to General Quiz

Library Answers to Mathematical Teasers

Science at the College Solution to Creeks & Rivers

De Prefecks Who's Who in Football

General Quiz First XI Football

Racine's Treatment of Love First XI Results

Co-Operation House Football

Value of the Study of History First XI Cricket

Mathematical Teasers Sports

Butterflies Class List

Ten Unforgettable Minutes Valete and Salvete

Creeks and Rivers Prospectus

ASSOCIATION SECTION

FRONTISPIECE

Herman de Caires, Father H. de Caires, S.J., as he left St. Stanislaus College. as he returned to the mission.

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EDITORIAL

This section of the magazine has always attempted to be a chronicle of the life and events of the College. The articles of this .issue do not quite cover all the points of interest which have occurred during the last year, consequently a brief foreword is required.

First of all we are bound to express our great debt of gratitude to Very Reverend Father Guilly for his deep interest in our welfare. Father Guilly was once a boy in a Jesuit College and later had the happiness of instructing the young in another. He has therefore, apart from a theoretical understanding of school problems, practical experience gained at each side of the master's desk. This understanding and experience he has put at the disposal of the College.

Last year, Fathers fresh from England came to join the staff. The present boys know of their activities. Unfortunately one of these new men had to be spared for other work, and we regret the early departure of Father, Edgecombe. May he do as good work elsewhere as he has done with, us. Then again, Fathe,r Paterson was withdrawn, after having spent ten years as Master at the College. We thank him for all that he did, both in the classroom and on the playing fields. The gap left by Father Paterson's departure was filled ~y Father Lynch, whose arrival coincided with the absence of the Games Master, and so he assumed all the difficult tasks that that person's office carries with it. He bea-rs the burden so well that we can with confidence look forward. to a period of constructive work. We must not forget to express our thanks to Father McKenna who gave the boys their retreat.

`New things have appeared during the past twelve months: Report Cards, Prefects, and, I hestitate to say it, the 'Third Back.' As there must be universal satisfaction both for boys and parents in all that concerns Report Cards, no more need said. Everyone is familiar with the idea of Prefects: it is only matter of time for the boys to become well acquainted with, them. But the 'Third Back'! That is a problem of quite a different order ..... To understand this stranger I have to refer you to a London team, the Arsenal, who 'seem to have produced this monster. Do not misunderstand me; it may be a very monster of efficiency. But I like to see a centre-half be a centre-half. You see he is so important a man, the very brains of a team both for defence and, please mark this well, for attack. Dare I ask 'You how you would like to go through a piece of hard work with a hole in your middle? I feel I must be misrepresenting the whole. matter and apologize.

During the course of the year Mr. M. D' Andrade left the staff to continue his studies in Canada. We wish him every success and· thank him for the work he did while with us. Mr. C. Singh, a former Master at the College, took Mr. D' Andrade's place. Mr. S. Fernandes joined us in September. He is no stranger.

Welcome to both.

You will have noticed our frontispiece. We had intended supplementing it with a short article; but that bad man, the Editor of the Association Section, stole a march on us. Still, we have the pleasure of showing you Herman de Caires as he left St. Stanislaus and Father de Caires as he returned to the Colony. The College is proud to have another of its pupils a priest and a Jesuit.

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THE JUNIOR SODALILITY

During the school year 1946-1947, meetings of the Junior Sodality were held weekly, at which there was an average attendance of ten boys, most of them from 3B. It is hoped that this year there will be a 'greater number of members, from the boys of Forms 2 and 3 to whom membership is open. A part of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception is said, and then a short talk is given or a passage read from a book, followed by the reading of a story or something similar. At the end of the meeting a Decade of .the Rosary is generally recited. Twice we had singing-e-once for Our Lady's Month and once for that of the Sacred Heart. The crowning of the statue of Our Lady was very impressive. At the beginning of the long holidays in July we had a little 'picnic' or 'social' at the College, enlivened by singing and 'music' (in the shape of a banjo) and the telling of stories and jokes. It was very enjoyable.

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THE LIBRARY

During the past five years the number of boys who have borrowed books or papers from the Library has been on an average about 130 a term; the highest figure was 160 and the lowest (1946-7) was 94. No doubt many boys have hooks at home, or they borrow from friends or from other libraries. But do not the figures given above lend some weight to the charge sometimes made that 'we do not read in British Guiana? If we pursued our statistical enquiries a little further we would find that during those same past five years the average number of books read each term by those who did borrow from the Library works out at something like four per boy. And that is not a very high figure! Perhaps it will be said that Games and Homework take up all one's .time. (Do not forget, however, the Cinema) . Or else the objection may be put forward that there are no interesting books in the Library, or that all have been read already. The first part of that objection is not true-s-have you read, for example, Galapagos Bound? The second part-why, it would take you, at the rate of four books a term, about 175 terms to read all that there are on the shelves ... and It is not everyone who stays at school for some sixty years'.

Beginning with the January selection (1947) we now receive each month a, new book from a hook club for young readers (a service of the America Press. "America" is a Catholic weekly produced by the Jesuits of the United States). There are four groups and the group we have joined is that for older' boys. The books are well bound and printed and are always new ones. Those who have read the ones we have received so far will surely agree that they are interesting.

There are quite a number of the Hardy Boys Series-c-always very popular. Remember 'that if you have any of this series at home, and do not want them any more, they will be welcomed for the Library. This applies also to any books which you think would be of interest to others.

Will the time ever come when every single boy will make use of the Library? Perhaps - and perhaps not. But remember that a taste for reading can be cultivated and that the reading of good books is one of the joys of life.

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SCIENCE AT THE COLLEGE

On the top storey, at the furthest corner of the College, the Science Department has its last remaining stronghold. There was a time, a spacious time in the not far distant past, when almost the whole of this top floor was set aside for Science: the Chemist was to brew his concoctions, the Physicist fiddle with freezing mixtures, in the calm of wide-open spaces. So hoped Fr. Marrion. It was through his enterprise that a strong foundation was laid - and by that is meant a great deal more than the heavy concrete floor he put down - on which there was every hope of building a successful science course. And then, alas, Fr. Marrion left the College; then, too, came difficulties of all kinds due to the war; and the rapid increase in the numbers at the College brought about a storming of the high places by newly formed classes so that Science was forced to retreat room by room to the Chemistry Laboratory, leaving behind much bootv – cupboards full of it - in the territories that had been lost. In these difficult times Mr. Yhap kept the Science in being by running a course in Physics for some of the classes, while Nature Study continued in the lower forms. But all thought of taking a science subject for a public exam, Junior or Senior, had to be dropped for the time being.

In October last year a new start was made. It began, of necessity, with a fairly thorough stocktaking of the resources at the disposal of the College, with reference chiefly to science furniture and apparatus not including the important and difficult question of the room-space that could be put at the disposal of the Scientists. As a result it was decided to aim at taking one science subject in the School Certificate; this subject would be Physics with Chemistry which would give the boys a grounding in each of these branches of science, and could easily be expanded (it was hoped) into two separate subjects at a not too distant date. Further expansion, in the direction of, say, Biology or of Higher Certificate Science, must wait for the future. With the funds available to the College, and with only a single room to act as Laboratory, Lecture Room, Store room and Workshop, it is not possible to do more at present.

Not much need be said about the spring-cleaning that began at the same time. It took place for the most part behind closed doors and out of school hours, and the three boys from Form III who did so much to help will probably agree that it was badly needed and often extremely 'tedious. Sometimes, as on rainy days, whole squads of boys would stream in to give a hand, and would soon be hard at work with scrubbber, sandpaper, flit sprayer or paint brush. Naturally enough, furniture and chemical apparatus and stores had deteriorated considerably during the war years.

In addition the Science Room had to be adapted to fulfil its new manifold duties: cupboards were moved in, heavy furniture changed round, lumber removed, and a blackboard, new sink, higher stools, new drawers appeared - all with an eye to economy as well as efficiency. After Christmas science classes which had been held in the classrooms the previous term returned to the Science Room; it was far from being a show place as Science Rooms go, but might be said to have cleared its decks for action. It was about then also that two classes started in on Chemistry for the first time. Owing to Fr. Manion's foresight, there had long been waiting ready to be unpacked and set up, a small generator for producing burner gas in the laboratory. Work was begun on this on. January 1st., but it took many months of delay and disappointment before it was first possible, in the middle of August, to press a switch in the Science Room, start the generator (situated on ground level at the far side of the water vat), and light one of the new burners upstairs. So at long last the small pressure lamps that have been used up to now – dangerous, noisy, uncontrollable - can, it is hoped, be permanently dispensed with. Other improvements, which must wait upon the future, include a Science Library; a beginning has at least been made in setting aside some shelves for the books. The books themselves? Well, books are expensive!

Looking back over the past year two things come to mind as deserving of mention. First the willingness to help shown by everyone whose aid has been asked for, both inside the College from Fr. Guilly and Fr. Smith downwards as well as outside by those interested in the College. Secondly, the gratifying keenness shown by the great majority of the boys; illustrated, for example, by the week of practical work put in by volunteers of Upper IV during the Summer holidays. Such keenness can more than make up for the lack of facilities St. Stanislaus has to contend with compared with some of its rivals. In it more than in anything else mentioned in this account lies good hope of future success. And without that hope no amount of pleading by the Rev. Editor of the Magazine would ever have got this self-advertising article written.

SCINTILLATING SCIENCE.

1. Sulphur burns with a blue smell. 2. Explosives: these are very dangerous. Their danger lies in the fact that they "explode." 3. Heat makes things expand: - On suspenction bridges the bridge is fixed at on end and on the side it is on rollers to allow for exspantion and detraction. 4. An element is something that alone exists of itself and can take part in chemical reactions. 5. Orion is mainly made up on stars of the first conjugation. 6. What is a Lagoon?  A Lagoon is a small lake in which there are said to be mermaids.

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DE PREFECKS

Dem gat a new ting here at school; Obey de prefecks is de rule; Is jes' a term de prefecks cum, But man dem shore a mek tings hum!

Now alyou byes mus' watch yuh step- In evr'y form rite down to Prep- For ef yuh do'nt, jes' mark me word. Grate lamentashun will be heard.

Na stan a gate when yuh come in, Or fifty lines dash in yuh skin; Na stay pan step when bell na ring Detenshun is a tiresum ting.

If Friday church yuh used to skip Na try am now, yuh tek me tip; No use yuh try fo get away Yuh betta go to church an' pray.

Dem lazy byes does cog homework Fram now deh wuk deh bes'nat shirk. For ef dern prefeck ketch yuh bore Yuh rite lines till yuh fingers sore.

An' dem does lef deh bike outside Try move urn fas', or watch yuh hide; Na drink no wata afta bell, An betta watch yuh langwidge well.

So alyou byes na behave bad For ef yuh do um gwine be sad But. ef yuh see an' toe de line Everyting gwine wuk out fine.

- LONGJOSIE SAHIB

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GENERAL QUIZ

(Ten questions answered correctly is average)

1. In what year did the U.S.A. enter (1) the first Great War? (2) the second Great War? 2. Who started and now heads Pan American Airways '? 3. What was the Ku-Klux-Klan ? 4. Where was the first permanent English colony in the West Indies established? 5. What was the name of the capital city of the great Inca Empire in South America? 6. What are the pillars of Hercules ? 7. What is the largest port of Japan? 8. What is commonly held to be the most beautiful building in the world'? 9. How many feet are there in one fathom? 10. What is Anthracite? 11. The famous French writer, Jean F'rancois Marie Arouet, is better known by an assumed name. What is it? 12. What is the greatest work of St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). 13. Who wrote the companion poems - L' Allegro and Il Penseroso? 14. What are the names of the three Classic Orders of Architecture? 15. For what is William Gilbert Grace (1848---:1915) famous? 16. From what boxer did Joe Louis win the Heavyweight title?

17. What does the chemical formula C12 H22 O11 signify? is, What is the lightest element known? 18. Who was the most famous Mathematician of Antiquity? 19. What is the Monroe Doctrine?

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RACINE'S TREATMENT OF LOVE

Love is the driving force behind most of the principal characters in Racine's tragedies, Love is the ideal passion for drama, the ideal passion for tragedy, producing, as it does, inevitable heartaches, lively struggles and animated jealousies.

Racine, in common with his older contemporary Corneille, does not attempt, in the majority of cases, to portray the first dawnirigs of love in the heart, for that process is generally slow. Nature seems to work that way; and so love at first sight was not as common in those days as the films would have us believe .it is today. For Racine's purposes, love must already be in fun possession of his characters when his tragedy opens; it must already have begun to produce or at least shown signs of producing the tragic effects which he depicts in his drama. In only one instance does Racine portray the beginning of love, in I'Britannicus", where Nero, on first seeing her, becomes obsessed with the thought of Junia, the betrothed of Britannicus; and in this case the passion thus conceived was a transitory though none the less violent one.

Racine differs from COl'l1eille in his portrayal of love in that he depicts it as a consuming passron which frequently drives men to rash deeds. For example, in HAndromaque," Orestes kills Pyrrhus at the bidding of his beloved, Hermione, and then goes mad when she spurns him for having carried out her wishes. Corneille, on the other hand represents love as subject to the will and intellect, as in "Le Cid" where Rodrigue, through a sense of duty foregoes Chimene, whom he loves.

In the Racinian drama love is all-powerful. To it Pyrrhus sacrifices the safety of his kingdom, to it Hermione sacrifices her pride, Orestes his innocence, Nero his fears, his memories, his last attachment to good, as he himself says "I give up everything; Octavia, Agrippina, Burrhus, the whole of Rome and three years of upright life."

Shakespeare may be contrasted with Racine in his conception of the role of love in tragedy. In four of Shakespeare's major tragedies, Lear, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, love plays no significant part and in a fifth, Othello, love plays It part only in the sense that Othello thought Desdemona was in love with someone else, though this suspicion was unfounded.

With Racine, then, love is the main spring of the action of tragedy; it is represented as a truly human passion not subject. to the will but dominating it, and, if thwarted, can and does produce tragedy.

- J. D'OLIVEIRA.

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CO-OPERATION

The most striking action in any organisation, establishment, and especially, in any school, college or university, is that of co-operation. We can all see and admire a good work of art, a fine 'building, a fine ship ; but when we see human beings living with perfect understanding of their responsibilities and performing their duty conscientiously, we not only admire, but also wish and often try to imitate them, for we know that they must have a truly noble and generous spirit. I earnestly exhort my readers to try their very best to possess such a spirit.

Two horses pulling a cart have to do the same amount of work, if they are both of the same size. To show you how unreasonable and how unwise it is to refuse to co-operate, I will tell you a true story. A certain man had two horses, and they used to carry a heavy load every day. One of the horses refused to pull as well as it could, and so forced the other one to do nearly all the pulling . In a short time the working horse became sick, and the lazy horse alone had to do all the pulling. Shortly after, the lazy horse died, whilst the strong horse recovered and received as a companion a good worker. It is the same for human beings, No one can live without co-operating with his fellow-beings, except those who live a secluded life. Life's span is too short for us to make enemies on earth by refusing to co-operate; so we had better make fr'iends by starting to co-operate. The sooner the better!

Our task lies in every walk of life - in the home, in school, at work, at games and elsewhere. In school, we must look on our masters not as mere teachers but as men who know our difficulties and are there to help us. If we do not realise that, we are wasting our time, the master's time and our parents' money. The same applies to games. If we do not co-operate, we will make our team lose, and will be training ourselves to be selfish, self-opinionated, proud; and soon we will make our very presence disagreeable to others. We must therefore respect our teachers; just as we do our parents, and try Our best to obey them and respect their instructions. If we do not like something they do, we can, if it concerns. us, try to .find out their reason for acting as they did. Often elders do things with good reasons, which young people do not see or are too young to understand. Therefore never be obstinate with your elders: it is a sign of disrespect.

There is no prize given at school for co-operation, but our reward is invaluable. We can thus live as children of God. Our dependence on God is a great lesson to us. If God, for a moment, forgot to think of you, where would you be? The very fact that we live by God's power should teach us to help our neighbours and love each other. Without such love, those who claim to be living are more dead than alive.

- H.B. (Form VI).

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VALUE OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY

History, being a record of the past, much can be learnt for the present from it. Man himself alters but very little in the lapse of ages. His outward circum" stances and surroundings may change, and the amount of knowledge he possesses may vary with the succeeding generations; but in his real character, in his wants, in the motives that guide, and in the passions and emotions that sway him, man is very much the same at all times. He is governed by the same elementary laws and has to fight against the same opposing forces.

It would be wrong to neglect the lessons of the past given us in the pages of history, or its warnings, its failures, and its examples. There is no event in human life to which history cannot furnish a parallel. It is, therefore, a guide' in the affairs of the present by its teaching of the past. But it does more than this, for it is the only real clue for understanding the present, which is a result of the past. We may ask: "Whence came all our laws, our parliament, our liberty, our nation ?" History alone can give us the answer.

The lessons taught by history are many. Edmund Burke says: "In history a great volume is unrolled for our instruction. We do not draw all the moral lessons we might from history." A study of history makes us value our present blessings by showing us the price our fathers paid for them. How can we hold lightly the benefits and privileges for which they fought and died. If we do not know their history, we are often in danger of lightly surrendering our birthright and inheritance.

A knowledge of history, too, adds much to the interest of travel and scenery. A ruined tower, the scene of a famous battle, the old house in Stratford-on-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the gravestone in the church of Stratford, beneath which his bones lie, awaken in us a new and living interest in the light of the past. Dr. Johnson says: "That man is little envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona."

The study of history, 'too, is the best means of training the youth of our land in patriotism. How can we err when we have the records of such a band of heroes behind us? We must be worthy of our fathers! History, like the Highland pilrock, inspires us with "The stirring memory of a thousand years."

The general history of nations; too; speaks very plainly with a warning note. 'the pages' of history are strewn with wrecks of the past, which give no uncertain warnings to kings, senators and to people. Its pages not .only tell us of the deeds which made a nation famous, but also of the causes which led to its downfall. And above all the lesson that "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people" is written on its pages.

If history is to be of value in this way, it must be taught and studied intelligently, History will not, as many people think, simply a summary of facts and dates, but a real subject, dealing with the lives and experiences of people with like passions as ourselves. The true student of history lives the past over again. He is a fugitive with Alfred, stands with the barons before the craven John at Runnymede and exults with Drake over the defeat of the Armada. The practice of reading historical novels is helpful in giving a real personal touch to its study.

History is to be studied with a spirit of fairness. The student must see both sides of the question disputed. We must treat history as a living thing and invoke the imagination to transport us into the past. Compare the past with the, present and the present with the past. We must apply the lessons taught us by the past, always remembering the famous words of Longfellow:-

“Lives of great men all remind us, We must make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time:"

A. NEDD.

Do you know the name of a very successful army officer?

Yes! Major Road - he is always ahead!

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What living creatures in the Botanical Gardens does a man in a comfortable armchair resemble?

He resembles the sea cows - because he is a man at ease;

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MATHEMATICAL TEASERS

1. Do you know what piece of furniture the school boy most detests? 2. A man has one mile to walk in order to catch a train which leaves the station at thirty minutes past twelve p.m. He starts at ten minutes past twelve p.m., walking at the rate of three miles per hour. Will he catch the train? 3. Which is more valuable? Four crowns or a one-pound treasury note? 4. The tide of the Nile is running at two miles per hour from east to west, and a ship is travelling from west to east at five miles per hour. After three days of travelling how far will the boat have travelled? 5. What is the half of four and twenty? 6. Your clock, besides striking the hours, strikes one for the half hours. On awakening at night you hear the clock strike one. Is it possible to hear it strike one three more times in succession ? 7. A word has five letters, yet when' two are taken away one remains. What is the word? 8. Suppose that the radius of the earth is four thousand miles and the Equator is a road. A car, travelling from east to west, and an aeroplane, travelling from west to east one mile above the car, start simultaneously and travel at the Tate of two hundred miles an hour. Whicp. machine will return to its original position first? 9. Your clock strikes thirteen, What time is it? 10. One train sixty miles from a point is travelling at the rate of eighty¬eight feet per second; while another, thirty miles from the point, is travel. ling at the rate of forty-four feet per second. Which train reaches the point first.

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BUTTERFLIES

Butterflies are usually considered as harmless little creatures on which one disdains to lay hands or nets. If you wish to eradicate that idea, you have simply to be an uninterested party on a butterfly hunting expedition, which takes you into a damp wood teeming with mosquitoes. At first you only bother with the tens of thousands of mosquitoes which seem to have found the knack of biting through clothing; but when a stately blue 'emperor' comes gliding gracefully by, evading the nets of your mad friends, you become more interested. You procure a net, set about collecting specimens, and find to your annoyance that it isn't quite as easy as it looks. Y0l! try and try again, and by. the end of two hours you still haven't caught anything.

Yes! There's a lot more to catching butterflies than a net. One must know their natural habitats.. their customs, the type of flower or shrub they go after, and have an enormous amount of patience. .But that patience is amply rewarded more often than not.

It is amazing the varieties of butterflies there are. There is a gentleman in Trinidad, I understand, who has twenty-three hundred kinds and he hasn't got all.

As a hobby, butterfly catching is very interesting; it will never grow monotonous because there are always some specimens you haven't got and covet. Again, encased, they're a most marvellous sight. Beauty apart, have you seen the 89, the ED and the 101? Each of these butterflies has one or other of these groups of figures or letters plainly marked on the under part of its wings. It is amazing, the work of God.

These harmless things can also be very profitable, for their wings are used in the making of rings, pictures and lots of novelties. It is sometimes hard to realise that these same butterflies tv which we pay little or no heed are of great value in other countries where so many kinds are not even seen.

And so all in all, the study of butterflies can be a most engaging and interesting hobby to those who like to ramble in the woods) and have an eye for the things of beauty.

Butterfly Enthusiast.

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TEN UNFORGETTABLE MINUTES

Have you ever .run a mile race with an excellent prize behind it, and for the first time with the feeling that you stand as good a. chance of winning the race as the best competitor? Those of you who have will agree that the ordeal of the few minutes before the race is beyond belief. Those of you who have run the entire race will also agree that the exhaustion during the latter part of the race is almost killing. Just before a race I have actually seen the knees of a competitor knock together, and the face of another lose its colour. Let me describe my experience to you.

Five minutes before the race all competitors were summoned to appear immediately on the field, and on leaving the pavilion suspense .and anxiety overwhelmed me. Here and there competitors were scattered about, some relaxing, some walking about, while others warmed up for the great event of the day. So nervous was I that I had to join the walking list, for relaxation was impossible. I discovered by questioning the others that quite a few boys were experiencing the same tension as I, the hands of one boy were actually cold. That five minutes seemed like five hours. Then came the lining up for the race; each competitor (32 in all) having had to be positioned according to his handicap. My nerves were all tense, and I wished the issue was cancelled or over. Instructions concerning the race were given and we were all set.

The words of the starter brought an awful silence round about me, and my heart beat furiously as he shouted out: 'Are you ready? .... Get .... Oh no'! .. ' Now try again! Are you ready? .... Get set! .... Bang!" Some of us were off like hounds tracking the prey; I like the hare. Suspense and anxiety were gone; but worse was yet to come.

As we approached the pavilion it was four laps to go. r had already overtaken many boys, but soon found that I was not the only hare; someone had sped away and was in the lead. Slowly he crept away from the crowd. At the top bend I realised that I was running a mile and so had• to slacken my pace, especially as I had begun to breathe hare!'

A change came over the field for at three to go I was creeping up, not because I had increased my pace, but because the other competitors had been slowing up. Nevertheless the other 'hare' was still moving away.

Two and one-third to go and a competitor' just ahead of me sank to the' ~round with exhaustion, thus reminding me of the tremendous task before me.

Two to go and I was in third position; with the second boy five yards ahead and the first some forty away That was my task! My breathing became harded and harder. I snatched a piece of orange from an. outstretched hand, probably depriving some unfortunate fellow of what might have helped him greatly- for ~t helped me, One and a half to go and I was lying second. Again there was a change; this time in me. I was quite fit to run the mile at least I had fancied so, yet my muscles were becoming stiff, my abdomen ached, and even my head ached at the very thought of having one and a half laps more to run. The pace was so gruelling that I longed to drop out; but. my determination would not let me. I had now begun to breathe through my mouth, and this seemed to ease the situation.

The bell! While coming round the track for the bell, a remarkable discovery inspired me: the other 'hare' was rapidly dropping back. He was played out. Excitement mingled with enthusiasm was the cause of my not hearing that bell, though I knew that the finish was about four hundred yards away. Four hundred yards I had to run; but I was in the lead. In spite of my breathlessness I kept thinking: I must go on. I must finish. I must win. On and on I drudged to the top bend and then towards the homestretch; I was almost exhausted. Only when I saw the tape held across the track did I summon the last ounce of energy left in me to quicken my pace for victory amid cheering and shouting.

Thus ended ten minutes which to me will be unforgettable.

Winna.

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CREEKS AND RIVERS

N.B.:- 1. Each figure marks the beginning of a new name. 2. Those needing hints may get them from the following clues.

ACROSS DOWN No. No. No. 1. Most important river. 2 Creek with name of a 10. First two letters of creek village. between Demerara and Essequibo. 5. 2nd longest river. 3. Creek boundary of 11. River near Point Player. Demerara and Berbice. 17. Goes from S. to North 4. In the North-West District. 12. Tributary of Berbice. 5. 1st Syllable of river joining 13. Popular creek in Berbice. D.G. 6. Tributary of the Rupununi. 14. Small river in South-East. 8. River with great attraction. 15. First two letters from Berbice tributary. 9. Tributary of Essequibo, 16. First two letters from large S.W. above Potato. river-tributary.

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EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1946

HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, LONDON

T. A. Bayley M. O. Woo-Ming * CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE J. A. Belgrave J. D. Gonsalves J. A. Reis R. A. Camacho A. I. Goveia C. E. Robella G. N. Cave V.H. Hinds R. L. Shepherd K. C. Corsbie B. Lyder J. C. Simone J. I. Fernandes E. R. B. Nedd R. N. Trim N. S. Gomes D. G. Newman M. D. Wrong

CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE D. L. Bunbury V. M. Gonsalves J. A. Pires A. P. I. Crawford H. I. Holder J. L. Rawlins M. M. Cram-Ewing R. A. Jardim R. O. Rix L. L. Daly S. E. Lam L. O. Rockcliffe A. D. de Mattos J. L. Philadelphia J. I. Searwar †

* Runner-up for the British Guiana Scholarship. † Winner of Government Junior Scholarship.

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PRIZE-GIVING

On Wednesday, June 25, Very Rev. Father Superior came to the College to distribute prizes. The function, at which only the Staff and boys were present, began with a Report by the Principal on the work of the previous year together with some remarks on the work of individual classes' during the current year. In the London Higher Schools Examination in 1946, two candidates passed out of three, including Michael Woo-Ming who was runner-up for the British Guiana Scholarship. In the Cambridge School Certificate - eighteen passed out of twenty-five, and in the Junior School Certificate fifteen out of' eighteen, including John Searwar, winner of the Government Junior Scholarship. The percentage of passes was not so high as in 1945, being 72 per cent. and 83.3 per cent. as against 78.5 per cent and 94.7 per cent, but each year from 1942 to 1945 the percentage for the school had been increasing and in 1945 was the highest on record. Consequently, the results for 1946 in themselves must be considered as very good. However, with the standard of the examination rising, boys would have to put forward their best efforts if they were to maintain the high standard of their predecessors. Turning to individual classes, Father Smith said that some good work was being done, but attendance was not everywhere satisfactory, and in the lower classes homework was not well done by all. A boy who persistently failed to do homework might be asked to leave the College. Mention was finally made of the good work done by the recently appointed Prefects and an appeal was made especially to the elder boys to do all in their power to assist them in promoting the good of the school.

In his address, Father Guilly congratulated the school on the success achieved in the examinations and also on the success of the Sports for which there had been such an excellent entry, and he thanked the Staff for the hard work and self-sacrifice without which such successes would not have been possible.

He said that he had been present at both the football matches and at the cricket match against Queen's College and he had been struck by the way the teams had played on determinedly till the end, though faced by defeat. That showed a quality more valuable than mere athletic skill. It showed character, and that, after all, was one of the most valuable things a school could teach.

The training of character meant the training of the will, and, just as in everything else, the will could only be trained by practice. No one would ever hope to be a good pianist, a successful barrister or surgeon without practice and it was no difference in the matter of character-building. We trained our wills by facing up bravely to hard choices, by saying 'yes' when it was hard to say 'yes'; by saying 'no' when it was hard to say 'no'; and how many opportunities lay along our daily path. If they would use such opportunities as getting up at once when they were called, and not always taking every nice thing they could, they would find that they were growing in strength of will, and so when moments of crisis came and they could not afford to fail, they would have the power to make the choice that could matter so much. Thus they would grow not only in natural capability but in what was so much more important, in moral-character. PRIZE WINNERS, 1945 - 1946

Higher Schools Examination: Michael Woo-Ming Form VI 1st Prize Michael Woo-Ming 2nd Prize Jocelyn D'Oliveira. 1st Prize Bryan Lyder Form V 2nd Prize George Cave School Certificate Prize: Bryan Lyder 1st Prize Joseph Rawlins. Upper IV 2nd Prize John Vincent. Junior Cambridge Examination & Government Junior Scholarship: John Searwar 1st Prize Arnold John. Lower IV 2nd Prize Henry Turner 1st Prize Clement Hopkinson. Form IIIa 2nd Prize Patrick Rodrigues. 1st Prize Percy Abraham. Form IIIb 2nd Prize Winston Murray. 1st Prize Rafig Khan Form IIa 2nd Prize Honnett Searwar 1st Prize Malcolm Lam. Form IIb 2nd Prize Gregory Rodrigues. 1st Prize John Carl Gomes. Form IIc 2nd Prize Jerome Goveia. 1st Prize Stanislaus Serrao. Form I 2nd Prize Casimiero Mekdeci. 1st Prize David de Caires. Preparatory 2nd Prize Denis Figueredo.

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ANSWERS TO GENERAL QUIZ

1. (1) 1917 (April) (2) 1941 (December). 2. Juan T. Trippe, of the United States. 3. A secret society formed in the Southern United States about 1866, after the end of the American Civil War. Its object was to prevent the freed negroes from using their political rights. 4. At St. Kitts in 1624, by Thomas Warner. 5. Cuzco, in Peru. 6. Two rocks which form the western entrance to the Mediterranean sea-the rock of Gibraltar, on the Spanish side, and Ceuta, North Africa. 7. Yokohama. 8. The mausoleum at Agra in India, called the Taj Mahal, or "Peerless Tomb". 9. Six feet. 10. A hard. grade of coal, which has a high percentage of carbon. 11. Voltaire (1694-1778). 12. His book of Catholic Doctrine, the Summa Theologica. 13. John Milton (1698 - 1774). 14. Doric; Ionic and Corinthian. 15. He was a great English cricketer. 16. From James Braddock, in 1937. 17. Cane Sugar.' 18. Hydrogen (Atomic weight 1.0080). 19. Archimedes the Syracusan (287-212 B.C.). 20. A declaration by President Monroe, in his message to Congress, 1823, to the effect that the United States would consider any attempt by European Powers to extend their system to any portion of the Western Hemisphere as dangerous to its peace and safety.

C. S.

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ANSWERS TO MATHEMATICAL TEASERS

1. The multiplication table. 2. No. He will be on time to see it leave. 3. The treasury note, because when you put it in your purse you double it, and when you take it out you will find it in creases. 4. (1) The tide cannot run from east to west since the river lies towards the north. (2) Before three days of travelling the ship will have run into the bank. 5. Twenty-two, because the half of four is two and twenty is twenty-two: 6. Yes. On awaking you must have heard the last strokes of midnight. 7. St-one. 8. The car. The plane has a greater distance to circumscribe. 9. Time it was repaired. 10. You are right. Both reach the point together.

- G. PENCE.

CORRECT SOLUTION TO CREEKS AND RIVERS

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WHO’S WHO IN FOOTBALL

L. WIGHT: He is the goal-keeper. He gathers, and picks up the ball neatly, kicks well, but gets flustered too easily. He takes his eye- off the' ball when rushed by the opposing forwards.

H. McCOWAN: Right full-back who is not afraid to go in. He has good anticipation and his kicks upfield are usually well controlled.

R. SHEPHERD: Left full-back who, according to himself prefers to keep his shins away from harm. He has good anticipation and plays intelligently. On occasions, however, he kicks towards the centre of the field when in a defensive position and this shows great lack of intelligence.

L. GOMES: A right half who is faster than he seems. He is a good attacking half-back; but he is sometimes rather too leisurely in his play.

V. VANIER: The centre-half and a strong player. He is a very sound defensive player who blocks the path to goal. His clearances are always powerful. Sometimes a directed lob would be more effective.

V. WALKER: A good obstructive left half-back. What he does, he does well; but he might sometimes cover more ground……. Run a little faster?

E. REBEIRO: The right-wing, centres the ball well; but; he tackles too much and shoots at the goal when a centre would be much more valuable. Cure: remember that you are not the only pebble on the beach.

H. CHOY: The inside-right, uses his speed to outrun opposing players. He has a fair shot, but tries to tackle when he could pass the ball .... What for?

J. FIGUERAO: The centre-forward who is new to the college, but not to football. He tackles well, has a hard and accurate shot, and is the live-wire of the forward line.

E. CAETANO: The captain and inside-left. He is a good link between attack and defence. He should be up in support of the other forwards more. He has good ball control, but he too often tries to beat his man twice .... A sort of football stammer. Get rid of it.

P. WIGHT: He has the making of a very good left wing. He centres well and can shoot well. His corner kicks should be more in the air.

R. S.

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H. Choy, V. Walker, L. Gomes, L. Wight, A. Goveia, R. Shepherd, Standing LR R. Vieira. Sitting LR A. Caetano, J. Fernandes, E. Caetano (Captain), V. Vanier, A. Jones.

In the middle of January we began practices to find a first eleven, After a number of games .among the boys, friendly games were played against Charlton and other teams. At the beginning of March we seemed to have a team capable of playing with some mutual understanding, but at the last moment E. Savory, the right-back, pulled a muscle while practising for the Sports, and L. Wight, the goalkeeper, stopped playing because of illness. As a result the team that played against Queen's College on March 27th, had J. Fernandes at back and J. Gonsalves at centre-half, though Fernandes had been playing at centre-half and Gonsalves at inside-forward in the practice games.

THE JACOB CUP V. QUEEN'S

The story of the game itself is soon told. After fifteen minutes during which the defence held out but the forwards failed to produce an attack, the defenders tried to take the ball up, and a swift Queen's attack found the defence out of position and gave Queen's the opening goal. From that point to the end of the game the College played a more attacking game, but there were always gaps in the defence which allowed Queen's to add three more goals and win 4-0.

The inside-forwards, during this game, were often playing well behind their half- backs and the centre-forward, on the rare occasions on which he received the ball had no one to support him. It is important that inside forwards should realize that their defensive work consists mainly in preventing opposing halves from bringing the ball up the field, and helping our defenders to clear by taking up suitable positions for an easy pass. They are "foragers" carrying the ball to their centre-forward; it is not part of the job to cover their backs in case they make a mistake.

MR. BOLGER.

Mr. Bolger arrived in the Colony just before the Easter Holidays, and although it was no part of his official work to coach the boys, he made it quite clear that he was prepared to devote as much time as possible to showing the boys the various methods by which they could improve their football individually and as a team. He held coaching classes at Brickdam two or three times a week for Q.C. boys and the college boys. He formed them into groups and after he had shown them one particular method of making a pass or trapping a ball he would watch each group practise it before he passed on to teach them something else. At the end of these coaching classes which often lasted for more than an hour there would be a short game during which the players would try to make use of the moves they had practised that day. He also spent some time with the boys at the Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium.

THE EXHIBITION GAME V. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

It was Mr. Bolger who proposed holding this Exhibition game and he arranged the teams. Our own team had been playing well in the Junior League games, but the defence was a little uncertain and so he moved J. Gonsalves from inside-forward to back and brought Choy into the forward line, The Team fulfilled the first task committed to them - they played an attractive passing game. That they failed to score was largely due to the fact that the inside-forwards failed to give J. Fernandes suitable openings. After waiting patiently for twenty minutes for the passes he was accustomed to receive, he decided to go in search of them and so, for the rest of the game, when he did receive the ball, he was not sufficiently well-placed to be dangerous. On the whole the passing in this game was accurate, but the passes were not well-timed, they were made mechanically, hurriedly, without first drawing the defenders. V. Vanier at centre-half and A. Jones in goal were the outstanding successes.

THE LEAGUE AND CUP GAMES.

As our first game in the League was less than a week after our heavy defeat by Queen's in the Jacob Cup and during the Easter holidays, we were not very confident of achieving much success in the early games. We drew the first game against Royal S.C. and lost 0 - 2 against Clubland but won the remaining games. We now seemed to have found a team but that team had played its last game. Against G.F.C. in the Narvo Cup, we had to find substitutes for J. Fernandes (now with G.F.C.), for J. Gonsalves, abroad for the Scouts' Jamboree, for A. Jones (gone to the Rupununi) and for E. Caetano ill. Our defeat (4-0) by a strong G.F.C. side was to be expected as a new team cannot be formed in a few weeks. It was only after numerous friendly games against other teams (usually teams from Charlton F.C.) that we felt we had the material for a team which could hope for some measure of success in the Demerara and Russell Junior Competitions. The list of results will show that our hopes were not entirely groundless

THE FUTURE.

No one can hope to be a successful footballer if he is afraid to hold the ball. A back or centre-half is often forced to kick first time, a wing half-back more rarely, a forward even more rarely. It is very difficult to kick a ball first-time and place it just where you want it to go. The nearer an attacking movement approaches the opponents' goal, the more important it is that the ball should be always under control. Practise getting a difficult ball under control, running with it and keeping it under control, and ending up with a pass which can easily be brought under control. When you can do these three things well, you will be a promising footballer. If over and above this, you never miss a game for which you have been picked except for a serious reason and after warning whoever is responsible that you are unable to play, you will be an asset to the College Teams and later to the Club for which you play.

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1st XI RESULTS

JUNIOR LEAGUE Royal Draw 0 - 0 Clubland Lost 0 - 2 G.F.C. Won 4 - 3 St. Stanislaus College v. Bookers Won 2 - 1 Red Wing Won 6 - 1 Chinese W.O DEMERARA JUNIOR CUP Transport Draw 4 - 4 Transport Draw 0 - 0 Transport Won 1 - 0 St. Stanislaus College v. Royal Won 2 - 0 Smith Church Draw 0 - 0 Smith Church Draw 1 - 1 Smith Church Lost 2 - 3 RUSSELL CUP St. Stanislaus College v. Red Wing Won 9 - 0

HOUSE FOOTBALL

It was only near the end of the Competition that we realized that the Houses were well-balanced. Galton won the Competition although their Seniors failed to win a point. Butler would very likely have won if their Colts' Team had fielded a full XI in each of their last two games. Whenever there were two full XIs playing, good game resulted and quite often some very good football was seen. Those who acted as linesmen in these games deserve a special vote of thanks. They showed real team-spirit. It was particularly gratifying to see how well the seniors turned out for these games, on one occasion providing a linesmen for a Junior House Game.

Some reference is due here to inter-class games. A number of games were played between Upper Fourth, Lower Fourth, and 3a arid 3b, and various combinations of these classes, which enabled us to form a team from Upper Fourth and lower classes which was as good as the best available team fr.om the Fifth and Sixth combined. These matches were very useful and will facilitate the task of forming the XIs in the next few years.

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HOUSE MATCHES

Winners: Galton 20¾; Runners up: Butler 19¼. Etheridge: 19.

It was agreed that the non-playing team should supply the linesmen, forfeiting ¼ of a point when a linesman failed to turn up.

HOUSE MATCHES

1st Round (Seniors)

Match Results E B G E. v. B. (Seniors) Draw 1 - 1 1 1 -¼ E. v. G. (Seniors) Etheridge won 2 - 1 2 - 0 B .v. G. (Seniors). Butler won 3 - 0 - 2 0 Total 3 3 -¼ 1st Round (Juniors) E. v. B (‘B’ Teams) Etheridge won 3 - 0 2 0 - E. v. B (‘A’ Teams) Butler won 2 - 0 0 2 - E. v. G (‘A’ Teams) Draw 0 - 0 1 - 1 E. v. G ('B' Teams) Draw 1 - 1 1 - 1 B. v. G ('A' Teams) Draw 2 - 2 - 1 1 B. v. G (’B’ Teams) Galton won 5 - 1 - 0 2 Total 4 3 5 1st Round (Colts) E. v. B (‘B’ Teams) Etheridge won 3 - 1 2 0 - E. v. B (‘A’ Teams) Butler won 3 - 1 0 2 - E. v. G (‘A’ Teams) Galton won 2 - 0 0 - 2 E. v. G ('B' Teams) Galton won 2 - 1 0 -½ 2 B. v. G ('A' Teams) Galton won 7 - 0 - 0 2 B. v. G (’B’ Teams) Galton won 3 - 2 - 0 2 Total 2 1½ 8

2nd Round (Seniors)

Match Results E B G

1st Round Totals 3 3 -¼ E. v. B. (Seniors) Butler won 2 - 1 0 2 - E. v. G. (Seniors) Etheridge won 4 - 0 2 - 0 B .v. G. (Seniors). Butler won 2 - 1 - 2 0 Total 5 7 -¼ 2nd Round (Juniors) 1st Round Totals 4 3 5 E. v. B (‘A’ Teams) Butler won 5 - 1 0 2 - E. v. B (‘B’ Teams) Etheridge won 1 - 0 2 0 - E. v. G (‘A’ Teams) Etheridge won 2 - 1 2 - 0 E. v. G ('B' Teams) Etheridge won 3 - 0 2 - 0 B. v. G ('A' Teams) Galton won 2 - 0 - 0 2 B. v. G (’B’ Teams) Butler won 1 - 0 - 2 0 Total 10 7 7 2nd Round (Colts) 1st Round Totals 2 1½ 8 E. v. B (‘A’ Teams) Etheridge won 7 - 0 2 0 - E. v. B (‘B’ Teams) Butler won 2 - 0 0 2 - E. v. G (‘A’ Teams) Galton won 2 - 1 0 - 2 E. v. G ('B' Teams) Galton won 3 - 0 0 -¼ 2 B. v. G ('A' Teams) Galton won 11 - 0 - 0 2 B. v. G (’B’ Teams) Butler won 3 - 0 - 2 0 Total 4 5¼ 14 Grand Total 19 19¼ 20¾

Galton won - congratulations. S. MARQUES

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HOUSE CAPTAINS

Football

ETHERIDGE GALTON BUTLER Seniors L. Gomes E. Caetano V. Vanier A: D. King Juniors J. Gouveia P. I. Rodrigues B: A. Small A: B. Fernandes Colts J. de Freitas J. Hazlewood B: C. Da Silva

1st XI CRICKET: JACOB CUP RESULTS

Although a few weeks of the Easter Term elapsed before practice began at the nets, we hoped Mr. R. Christiani would, in the few weeks before the Queen's game, produce a team which would make the game a real struggle. From our point of view it was unfortunate that Practice in preparation for the visit of the Colony Team to Trinidad prevented him from giving many days to coaching. Even so when the time drew near for the game against Queen's we felt that we had a chance. It was unfortunate that L. Wight, who at the time was our most reliable batsman and also a useful bowler, reported ill on the first day of the Game.

Queen's batted first and after losing three wickets cheaply, were largely indebted to a stand by Pairaudeau and Edgehill for their score of' 279. Our bowling was steady without being really hostile. We could not be too sanguine about our ability to make the necessary runs. Before the end of the first day our opening batsmen made twenty runs without being separated.

The second day provided some steady uphill partnerships. The slowness of the earlier batsmen was fully justified as there had been a shower just before play started and we were still hoping L. Wight would be fit to bat later in the day. He batted No.7, and had scored 27 not out when our innings closed for 188. If he had batted in his usual position, first wicket-down, our score might have been much nearer that of Queen's.

Queen’s had won by 91 runs. They scored 106 for eight wickets in the short time' that was still left for play. The batting in this game was quite satisfactory. The game was won when Pairaudeau and Edghill got on top of our bowling on the first day but I was glad to see that even then the bowlers did not lose their length.

JACOB CUP (v. QUEEN'S COLLEGE) Q.C. 1st INNINGS Q.C. 2nd INNINGS A. G. Delph b P. Wight 7 A. G. Delph b V. Hinds 3 F. R. Wills C Caetano b A. Jones 20 F. R Wills l.b.w, L. Daly 8 C. H. Agard C Caetano b A. Jones 5 C. H. Agard c Jones b J. Gouveia 53 A. B. Edghill b A. Jones 102 A. B. Edghill not out 6 I. R. King b A. Jones 13 I. R. King st. Walker b A. Jones 1 B. H. Pairaudeau l.b.w. E. Caetano 66 B. H. Pairaudeau c Rebeiro b P. Wight 21 H. I. Leal l.b.w. A. Jones 40 H. I. Leal st. Walker b J. Gouveia 11 W. A. Dummett l.b.w. V. Hinds 9 W. A. Dummett run out 2 R. A. Gibbons not out 10 R. A. Gibbons st. Walker b J. Gouveia 0 A. F. Bishop b E. Caetano 3 A. F. Bishop did not bat R. M. Jonas c Caetano b A. Jones 0 R. M. Jonas did not bat Extras 7 Extras 1 Total 279 Total (for 8 wickets) 106

Bowling: A. Jones 5 wickets for 75 runs. Bowling: J. Gouveia 3 wickets for 6 runs E. Caetano 3 wickets for 46 runs.

S. S .C. 1st INNINGS V. Hinds c King b B. Pairaudeau 28 J. Gouveia c Edghill b F. Wills 5 P. Wight c Pairaudeau b R. Jonas 14 V. Walker b I. R. King 41 E. Caetano b B. Pairaudeau 23 E. Rebeiro c Edghill b F. Wills 0 L. Wight not out 27 A. Jones b B. Pairaudeau 30 W. Hinds c Gibbon b B. Pairaudeau 0 L. Daly b F. Wills 11 R. Shepherd b F. Wills 2 Extras 7 Total 188

Bowling: F. Wills 4 wickets for 66 runs. B. Pairaudeau 4 wickets for 43 runs.

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A. Persaud, A. Jones, J. Gonsalves, W. Hinds, L. Daly, V. Hinds, J. Standing LR Rebeiro, H. Mc Cowan. Sitting LR R. Shepherd, L. Wight, V. Walker (Captain), P. Wight, E. Caetano,

CRICKET RESULTS: WIGHT CUP

The general story of the Wight Cup is this. In our first few matches we were up against the stronger teams and failed to secure a point. .Ai; a result the player often became discouraged. Then during the Easter holidays, while half of the team were away on a tour, a weak xi played against the G.C.C. and came very near to securing first innings point. From the next game against E.I.C.C. we secured 3 points, and when we met Queen's though without P. Wight, there was level play during the first day on a difficult wicket and the game was left unfinished. For different reasons weak teams of eight or nine players, few of them regular first XI players. were played again t Y.M.C.A. and Bookers, and then during the Summer holidays, five points were secured from each of the last two games against T. & H.D. and D.C.C. respectively. It was clear at the end of the competition that with a full XI we could have given a stiff fight to all but about four of the clubs.

Seeing that a cricket match is played nearly every Saturday of the year, it is understandable that the team will not always be at full strength. Even a cricketer sometimes needs a holiday, or is ill, or is prevented from playing for some good reason. But making allowance for all this I still feel that some of the teams that played in the Wight Cup games could not be called College 1st XIs. We are grateful to those who took the places of more skilful but less willing players, but we feel that some of the regular players were often absent from games without any sufficient reason especially when they knew the team would not be at fun strength. I leave you to judge whether such boys can be called sportsmen.

* Denotes not out.

WIGHT CUP Chinese C. C. Lost St. Stanislaus College v. L. Wight, 71 *; V. Walker, 31. P.O. and M. Lost St. Stanislaus College v. V. Hinds, 22; L. Wight, 4 wickets for 23; R. Shepherd, 3 wickets for 33 B.G.C.C. Lost on the St. Stanislaus College v. L. Wight, 5 wickets for 82. L. Wight, 22. first innings. G.C.C. Lost on the St. Stanislaus College v. P. Wight, 79; L. Wight, 44; E. Rebeiro, 44*. first innings. P. Wight, 6 wickets for 39. E.I.C.C. Won on the St. Stanislaus College v. P. Wight, 10*. A. Jones, 5 wickets for 56. first innings. Y.M.C.A. Lost on the St. Stanislaus College v. first innings Police C.C. Lost St. Stanislaus College v.

Bookers C.C. Lost St. Stanislaus College v.

D.C.C. Won E. Caetano, 74; A.Jones, 22 and 55; St. Stanislaus College v. P. Wight, 46*; L. Wight, 21. E. Caetano, 6 wickets for 24; 4 wickets for 9. V. Hinds, 3 wickets for 18. Q.C. Drawn St. Stanislaus College v.

T. and H. D. Won St. Stanislaus College v. P. Wight, 4 wickets for 19.

NET PRACTICE

No boy can hope to keep his place in the 1st XI without regular practice. A batsman who is usually present at nets may play a good innings after a week in which he has missed nets but a batsman who is constantly missing nets will usually fail to play a good innings and will also give away runs by his fielding. A bowler who does not practise will usually give away many runs before he finds a length and so ceases to be useful. In future, no boy who fails to practise regularly will keep his place in the team, however brilliant he may seem to himself or his friends.

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Cricket

ETHERIDGE GALTON BUTLER Seniors L. Wight E. Caetano G. Camacho A: V. Walker Juniors G. Gouveia D. Newman B: S. Mathias A: C. d’Ornellas Colts J. de Freitas J. Hazlewood B: H. d’Andrade

FUTURE PROSPECTS

There is at present the basis for a fairly strong team. Success will only be achieved if each player plays for the team, has confidence that every other player is playing solely for the team, and does everything possible to increase the confidence of the team in themselves and in their Captain. As Fr. Gill has agreed to coach the XI for the Hing Cup and Wight Cup, and as most of the players are players he trained himself, there is every reason to be confident of success. There are too many keen cricketers who are anxious that the team should succeed to leave a place for anyone who is more likely to hinder than to help.

THE COLLEGE FIELDS

During the year, ground immediately in front of the College was raised and is now sufficiently firm to stand the stream of bicycles even in wet weather. A drain was laid during the holidays between this part and the practice pitch and we are extremely grateful for the patient co-operation of Mr. John Fernandes and Mr. S. Marques, and also to Wieting & Richter, D' Aguiar Bros., and Correia Wine Factory, who provided Das with all the broken glass he required.

The Sea Wall ground stood up very well to the long rainy weather so that I cannot remember a week in Mayor June when there was no football game. A central drain is being laid in the ground that was levelled last year, a bridge was erected by Mr. Fernandes to facilitate the recovery of footballs at the Sea Wall end of the 1st XI Football Pitch, and the pit which used to be at the edge of the ground has been partly filled in. We hope that the time is not far away when the erection of a suitable pavilion will complete the task to which so many contributed such untiring efforts in the past.

THE SPORTS

Practice for the Sports began at the beginning of February in the form of physical exercises and starts. Monday and Friday were the days selected. We had hoped that Mr. H. L. Steele would be able to assist us, but in his unavoidable absence Mr. Marques and Mr. Yhap gallantly shouldered the burden of training the boys according to Mr. Steele's plan. Other members of the Staff and members of the Sixth Form helped in the supervision. Though there were always absentees other than those who had been exempted, yet there was no noticeable slackening as the weeks went by in either the numbers or enthusiasm of those present. A cheerful spirit prevailed while a serious effort was made to benefit by the course. In the later weeks of training there was practice in the jumps and the hurdles. Many boys would achieve considerable improvement in their jumps if they practised a better style of jumping some months before the Sports.

In a school which has a comparatively small number of boys of very .differ¬ent age-groups, it is inevitable that there will be a wide range of ages in some set. . In order that there may be a sufficient number of Seniors their age group has been fixed as 15 years and over. As a result boys of fifteen years and a few months are asked to compete against boys of eighteen and even nineteen years of age. It is easily understood that many of them lose heart at the prospect unless they know beforehand that they are guaranteed a reasonable start. For this reason it was decided this year to introduce a system of minimum starts according to age. A boy under seventeen years was guaranteed a start of 2 yards in the 100 yards; a boy under sixteen was guaranteed a start of 4 yards and might be given a start of 7 yards. Minimum starts were also fixed according to age-groups for the other races and a similar system was used for the Juniors and Colts. This may have been partly responsible for the fifty per cent increase in the entries from the Seniors, while the other sets maintained the high entries of recent years.

THE HEATS

Eighty-two heats were run off on the Monday preceding the Sports and thanks mainly to the prompt energies of Mr. Gunby, Mr. Marques and the other members of the Staff, the time taken was remarkably short, though it left us all very thirsty men. N at all who had entered actually took part, but the list of non-starters was reasonably small. The performances in the heats showed there would be some keen struggles when Sports Day arrived.

SPORTS DAY

Sports started promptly at 1:15 on the G.C.C. Ground on Friday, March 21st. There were close finishes in nearly every race, the exceptions being the Seniors 100 yards and Hurdles races. Had E. Caetano been in training the Hurdles might have been closer, and Savory might easily have won the 100 yards had not a pulled muscle forced him to limp the whole distance. Apart from K. Corsbie's hurdling, I liked the keen struggle between G. Spence and P. Forshaw in the mile. Both runners had trained to beat 5 min. 20 sees. and both succeeded. L. Wight won the cricket ball, set 1, with a cross-field throw of well over 100 yards which measured over 98 yards in the right direction. H. Choy, R. Gunby, J. Melville and J. R. de Freitas all impressed as athletes who will achieve further successes, while E. d'Andrade and P. Fernandes showed 'that the College has no need to fear for the more distant future.

I am sorry to have to record two unfortunate incidents. G. Spence was paced for the last lap of the mile and P. Forshaw was unfairly hindered in the 440 yards, I hope such dodges will be carefully avoided in the future, as they always have been in the past, as unworthy of College boys as of all true sportsmen.

I wish to thank all who competed in the heats as well as the finalists for helping to make the Sports a success. Space does not allow me to pay suitable tribute here to the generous, and skilful helpers on the course and in the pavilion during the heats, on the day of the Sports, and on the following day, who allowed me to be a leisurely spectator at a successful and enjoyable Sports Day.

Mr. Gunby, who acted as starter; Mr. E. Gomes, who judged the events; Mr. Evelyn, the time-keeper; Mr. Marques, Mr. Yhap, and the other members of the Staff worked with a rapid efficiency that made the events seem almost continuous. But would they have borne the strain if the tea prepared. by Mrs. King and her helpers had not restored their wasted energies during the interval? We renew our thanks to these and also to the donors of prizes for their generous help to the success of the 1947 Sports.

- T. LYNCH, S.J.

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ETHERIDGE HOUSE WINS THE SHIELD

Etheridge House led in the day's events with 159⅓ points when the Annual Sports of the St. Stanislaus College came off on the G.C.C. ground, Bourda,

Four records. were broken and one equalled. Butler House came second with a total of 111 points, and Galton House followed with 102⅓.

New records were set by D. Bunbury (B) in the under 15, 440 yards flat race, which he did in 62 secs. thus clipping secs. off the former record by D. Ferreira (B) who beat the former record of 2:31 secs. by 2 secs. in the under 15 half-mile race; by G. Spence (E) who ran the mile in 5:17½ secs., and by K. Corsbie (G) in the 15 and over Hurdles which was done in 15 . secs.; secs. shorter than the former record. R Gunby (E) equalled the 100 yards under 13 record of 12 secs.set by C. Vieira in 1941, and equalled by H. Fernandes in 1945.

The prizes were distributed by the Rt.Rev. Bishop Weld, S.J.

HOUSE CRICKET Etheridge Butler Galton 1st Round 21 19 12 2nd Round 18 12 17 Total Points 39 31 29

5 points were awarded for a win, 3 points for a win on the first innings, 1 point for a draw.

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RESULTS OF St. STANISLAUS SPORTS

Cheering students saw Ken Corsbie steal the show at the Annual Sports of the St. Stanislaus College last Friday afternoon. Four records tumbled and one was equalled on the fast G.C.C. ground. With a collection of 159⅓ points Etheridge House proved Champions over Butler House 111 points, and Galton who got 102⅓.

Following are the details:

80 YARDS (Under Ten) 1st 2nd 3rd Time D. Kidman E E. D'Andrade E P. Fernandes B 11 secs. 100 YARDS Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time IV D. Kidman E J. Jardim E E. D'Andrade E 13 secs. 12 secs. III R. Gunby E J. Melville B A. Nurse G (record tied) II D. Bunbury B D. King E B. Crawford E 11 secs. I K. Corsbie G B. Savory G H. Choy E 10 secs. 220 YARDS Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time IV E. D'Andrade E G. Bayley B J. Jardim E 33 secs. III R. Gunby E J. Melville B J. R. DeFreitas G 30 secs. II D. Wight E D. King E D. Bunbury B 27 ½ secs. I J. Henry B H. Choy E M. McIntyre B 25½ secs. 440 YARDS Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time II D. Bunbury B D. King B D. Ferreira B 62 1/5 secs (Record) I K. Corsbie G P.Forshaw B F. Stoby B 56 3/10 secs. 880 YARDS Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time 2 mins. 29 2/5 secs. II D. Ferreira B A. Small E J. Gouveia G (Record) I P. Forshaw B G. Spence E D. Corsbie E 2 mins. 14 3/10 secs. ONE MILE - (Open) 1st 2nd 3rd Time 5 mins, 17½ secs. G. Spence E P. Forshaw B C. Collins B (Estimated time).

120 YARDS HURDLES Set 1st 2nd 3rd Time IV & III R. Gunby E J.R. De Freitas G J. Melville B 20 1/5 secs. II J. Gouveia G C. D’Ornellas E R. Rix B I K. Corsbie G E. Caetano G D. Corsbie E 15 2/5 secs.(Record) HIGH JUMP Set 1st 2nd 3rd Height IV & III B. Fernandes E R. S. Mathias G J. E. Melville 4 ft. 2¾ ins. C. Gibson, B II J. Kranenburg B J. Goveia G V. Lampkin, B 4 ft. 11 ins. L. Gittens I K. Corsbie G A. Goveia B J. King B 5 ft. 2¾ ins. LONG JUMP Set 1st 2nd 3rd Distance IV H. D'Andrade E P. Fernandes G D. Kidman E 11 ft. 7¾ inches. III R. Mathias G J. Melville B J. De Freitas G 13 ft. 1½ inches. II C. D'Ornellas E C. Gravesande E D. Wight B 15 ft. 3 inches. I K. Corsbie G A. Gouveia B L. Wight E 19 ft.

THROWING THE CRICKET BALL Set 1st 2nd 3rd Distance III L. Mendonca G R.Gunby E J. C. Gomes B 64 yds. 2 ft. 1in. II D. King E J. Embleton B J. Goveia G 67 yds. 2 ft. 11 ins. 98 yds. 1 ft. 5½ ins. I L. Wight E V. Walker E L. Daly E (record).

RELAY RACE.

Etheridge House 1st; Butler House 2nd.

TUG-O'-WAR Final

Etheridge House 1st; Butler House 2nd.

OBSTACLE RACE Set 1st III J. Melville II J. Gouveia I

SACK RACE Set 1st IV P. Fernandes III N. Thomas II R. Rix

THREE-LEGGED RACE Set 1st III J. De Freitas and R. Mathias. II D. Wight and A. Gomes.

GIRLS RACE (220 Yards) Under 13 J. Hill. 13 and over A. Johnson (Ursuline Convent)

OLD BOYS RACE - 220 yards. 1st 2nd 3rd Cosmo Vieira Mannie Da Silva W. Hinds Top

AN APPRECIATION

The staff and Boys of Stanislaus College beg to thank the following firms and individuals, through whose generosity their sports was a success:-

G. Bettencourt & Co., Ltd.; D. M, Fernandes, Ltd.; De Caires Bros., Ltd.; The Central Garage; B. G. Biscuit Factory, Ltd. ; The Utility Store; Psaila Bros.: William Fogarty, Ltd.; J. P. Santos & Co., Ltd.; Ferreira & Gomes,.Ltd.; The Daily Chronicle Stationery; Sandbach Parker & Co., Ltd.; Demerara Electric Co., Ltd.; Booker Bros., McConnell & Co., Ltd.; Pradasco Cycle Store; Boodhoo & Sons, Ltd.; Pestano's Outfit Stores; M. Gonsalves, Ltd.; Brodie & Rainer Ltd.; Jaikaran's Drug Store; Messrs. John Fernandes, Gabriel Fernandes, J. I. King, S. S. de Freitas, W. E. Foster, Herman de Freitas, Francis de Caires, R. G. Humphrey, D.Kidman, The Committee and Members of the G.C.C., H. L. Steele, E. S. Evelyn, E. H. Gomes, W. F. Gunby, J. Mahanger, Mesdames: P. W. King, J. I. King, J. Gaspar, C. P. de Freitas, C. Camacho, C. Simon, H. Stevenson, A. Rego, and the Misses G. King, J. Pereira, D. and E. de Freitas, C. and P. Lopes, A. Sweetnam, A. and C. Rodrigues, S. Valladares, S. Fernandes, and B. and V. d' Andrade.

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1947 CLASS LISTS

FORM 6 (9) Brassington H. Shepherd, R. King, J. Spence, G. Nedd, E. Thompson, D. Newman, D. Thompson, P. D'Oliveira, J.

FORM Upper 5 (24) FORM Lower 5 (25) FORM Upper 4 (33) FORM Lower 4 (36) Bunbury, D. Caetano. E. Bacchus, J. Abdelnour, E. Crawford, A. Collins, C. Brandt, D. Affonso, S. Crum-Ewing, M. Correia, A. Brummell, P. d' Andrade, V. Daly, L. Corsbie, D. Chaves, A. Boyd, G. De Corum, R. Crawford, B. Chee-a-Tow, S. Camacho, M. Edmonds, G. Ferreira, N. Choy, H. Camacho, S. Gomes, L.· Figueira, J. Correia, M. Charan, V. Gonsalves, V. M. Figueroa, J. Crum-Ewing, M. Chin, S. Holder, H. Figueroa, H. Ferreira, D. Collins, A. Jardim, R. Giles, A. Gibson, O. Crum-Ewing, P. Lam, S. Gomes, H. Glasgow, C. Denny, N. de Mattos, A. Gomes, V. Gomes, A. Fung, E. Miranda, F. Gouveia, J. Gonsalves, M. Gittens, L. Pires, J. John, A. Gordon, C. Gonsalves, C. Rawlins, J. Laurent, L. Henry, J. Goveia, J. A. Rix, D. Leandro, N. Khan, K. Gunby, R. Rockcliffe, L. Nedd, A. Kranenburg, J. R. Henry, R. Sanmogan, A. Mathias, S. Lampkin, V. King, D. Searwar, J. Rodrigues, P. Leandro, C. King, V. Thomas, P. Small, R. McCowan, H. Kranenburg, J. A. Vanier, V. Van Sluytman, C. McIntyre, M. Lam, M. Vieira, B. Veecock, M. Melville, S. Martins, M. Vincent, J. Walker, V. Murray, W. Nascimento, 1. Wight, L. Willison E. Persaud, A. Rebeiro, J. Wong, L. d'Ornellas, C. Rego, R. Singh, M. Rix, R. de Souza, M. Rodrigues, G. de Souza, P. Scantlebury, V. Stoby, F. Searwar, H. Subryan, C. Simmons, G. Thomas, F. Simone, R. Vieira, E. Spence, R. Wight, P. Stephenson, G Sue-Ping, F. Tranquada, J. Vallidum, E. FORM 3A (29) FORM 3B (21) FORM 2A (32) FORM 2B (32) de Abreu, T. Camacho, L. d' Andrade, H. Bollers, R. d' Andrade, C. Coyle, D. Bacchus, R. Caetano, M. Bayley, G. Fernandes, B. Bayley, J. Castilho, R. Bye, M. de Freitas, C. I. Brandt, R. Fernandes, E. Campbell, J. Gomes, N. A. de Caires, D. Ferreira, B. Chatterton, B. Hill, J. Campayne, L. de Freitas, C. A. Chung, S. Houston, T. Chaves, S. Gomes, S. M. Cummings, L. Lall, H. Correia, M. Gonsalves, N. Delph, F. Marques, F. Craigen, G. Gordon, R. Gomes, J. C. Mathias, D. Figueredo, D. Grandsault, D. Gomes, J. I. Mclntyre, J. de Freitas, J. C. Hazlewood, J. Gonsalves, G. Rodrigues, N. de Freitas, J. R. Johnson, C. Gonsalves, S. Roth, C. Gomes. G. A. Khan, S. Gravesande, C. Small, F. Gomes, J. V. Leca, M. Greaves, S. Shepherd, H. Gorinsky, C. Mathias, R. Joaquin, J. da Silva, L. A. Gouveia, G. Mendonca, I. Martins, D. da Silva, J. S. Holder, M. Mendonca, T. Michael, F. Singh, C. Jardim, J. Mercurius, F. Niccols, W. S. de Souza, R. D. Jardine, D. Pancham, R. Patoir, B. Warren, R. Jekir, L. Persaud, L. Pereira, M. Z. Wharton, A. Joaquin, J. Quail, C. Philips, G. Khan, I. Rafferty, N. Saywack, D. Lopes, G. Rampersaud, H. Serrao, S. Mahanger, V. Rodrigues, I. da Silva, C. A. Martins, D. G. da Silva, C. da Silva, C. J. Marx, C. de Souza, R. S. Sue-Ping, A. Melville, H. Steele, M. Teixeira, J. A. Miranda, G. Teesdale, M. Veerasawmy, G. Moonsawmy, S. Teixeira, F. G. de Moura, J. Teixeira, H. J. Perry, G. Waldeck, J. Rosemay, V. Wight, H. D.

FORM 1 (28) Preparatory (13) Archer, D. Jardim, P. d'Andrade, E. Gonsalves, A. Bayne, N. Jekir, G. Correia, M. O. Greene, K. Chapman, C. Lam, C. Dias, R. Moorhead, M. Driffield, A. Mann, P. Dwarka, F. Seiforth, W. Fernandes, P. Melville, J. E. Fernandes, L. da Silva, A. Figueroa, H. Outridge, A. I. Figueredo, D. Vieira, G. Figueroa, R. Outridge, A. L. Gomes, C. J. Fraser, D. Outridge, R. Gonsalves, N. C. Quail, J. Gonsalves, R. D. da Silva, D. A. Gosain, V. de Souza, C. M. Harris, J. Vallidum, G. Henriques, C. Wallbridge, P. Jardim, C. Wharton, I.

Total number of boys in the College: 282.

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RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

1. The judgement of Solomon Solomon, who was the wisest man lived (except God) said he would half it in two.

2. Our Lord's warning to the 72 Disciples They hadn't to expect a nice reception and they would be shooted at and they even may be marted.

3. "Let the dead bury their dead" Our Lord means let those who want to follow me follow me, but let those who don't want to follow me let them stop where they are.

4. Fasting Days are on the Friday in lent, etc., and you are allowed to eat a little in the morning and as much as you can hold for midday.

5. What was the Sanhedrim? The Sanhedrim was that in which the Jews kept the Loaves of Proposition.

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Belgrave, P. Trim, R. Gouveia, J. D. Marshall, G. Wrong, D. Jones, A. Fernandes, S. Caetano, A. da Silva, D. Gouveia, C. Philadelphia, J. da Silva, J. I. Hinds, W. Comber, J. Campbell, D. Philadelphia, K. Fisher, J. Morgan, P. Singh, G. Goveia, J. Perry, S. Cave, G. Hopkinson, Rego, P. Lyder, B. Philadelphia, W. Roberts, B. Belgrave, J. Savory, B. Robertson; M. Camacho, R. Turner, H. Small, A, Comacho, G. Wight, D. Embleton, J. Corsbie, K. Forshaw, P. Fulford, A. Fernandes, J. Fredericks, G. Gomes, S. 1. Gomes, N. Giles, O. Goodrick, G. Gonsalves, J. Teixeira, R. Hart, J. Goveia, A. Marques, M. Heuvel, A. Hart, R. Nowradinalli Heuvel, J. Hinds, V. Cox, L. Kidman, D. Pires, E. King, R. McIntyre, .R. Reis, J. Lewis, O. Miranda, J. Robella, C. Fernandes, H. Nurse, A. Simone, J. Fulford, J. Singh, P. de Souza, R.

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SALVETE

Miranda, F. Gomes, J. V. Gonsalves, N. O. Figueroa, H. Gouveia, G, Johnson, C. Figueroa, J. Jekir, L. Khan, S. Small, R. Joaquin, J. Mendonca, 1. Chee-a-Tow, S. Khan, I. Mercurius, F. McCowan, H. Mahanger, V. Pancham, R. Subryan, C. Martins, D. G. Persaud, L. Michael, F. Miranda, J. Quail, C. da Silva, C. J. de Moura, J. Rafferty, N. Small, F. Perry, G. Rampersaud, H. Bacchus, R. Rosemay, V. Rodrigues, I. Campayne, L. Ferreira, B. da Silva, C. De freitas, J. C. Gomes, S. M. Waldeck, J. Archer, D. Mann, P. Dias, R. Chapman, C. Outridge, A. I. Dwarka, F. Driffield, A. Outridge, A. L. Fernandes, L. Figueroa, H. Quail, J. Gomes, C. J. Figueroa, R. da Silva, D. A. Gonsalves, A. Fraser, D. de Souza, C. M. Greene, K. Gonsalves, N. C. Vallidum, G. Seiforth, W. Gonsalves, R. D. Wallbridge, P. da Silva, A. Jekir, G. Correia, M. O. Vieira, G.

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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 Cambridge Junior Examination, for the 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 VI - $20 per term. Preparatory - $15 per term. Brothers - $20 for the first. $10 for the others.

We prefer to receive boys before the age of twelve. Boys are received in Preparatory from the age of eight.

For further particulars apply to:

THE PRINCIPAL.

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