The Bermuda Recorder

              for tooldfmj ft driitlcbig always fbebh bermuda jk recorder i x published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best purvis ltd volume xxxn hamilton bermuda wednesday may 30 1956 no 84 a when all but he had fled berkeley students told of .■.■'■;■':. ■ '"■■"■ : ■ '. : : ■ ■ ■ j^_*^_ffi l = 77 — ss «-■*■ _ j 4 c^^fstjt '"••— * nw_i_l kaig lle__w__c_fe h_i __. r hb________n___^i___^^7 — ~~ — gbt_p4___hy__lp -*!,_■_ , — ' <»■* fi ________^^^^^^^ ____ ___________ m r5 ' :^^^^* -■*<___" _____________ j _____________________________ ________ m c p likens self to boy who successes of two bermudians at mcgill university stood on burning deck in furness debate the successes of two bermudian students at mcgill uni versity canada were highlighted this morning at the regular assembly of pupils at the berkeley institute where the two had formerly studied mr f c misick president of the bermuda hotel and guest house association waged a lone last ditch stand against mentioned were mr clarence james who was graduated yesterday with the degrees of m.d and cm and miss marion evangeline hodgson who received her bachelor of arts degree with first class honours passage in the house of assembly on monday of a bill givni the cambridge school certifi cate examination in bermuda obtaining distinctions in english literature latin french religious knowledge geography history and mathe matics effect to tlie trait agreement between tne trade development board and furness for operation of the queen of bermuda dur ing the next two years — a good deal of the time as a hotel shijj the misiclfl meeting iih an to tlnh from irh ii'l to on ancfl wa>h he feltm stood on theh butm he hel tol thel because pro-h for tol wel rue the tol 1 ! _______________________________■ which is unfair to local enter prise miss hodgson the berkeley s most outstanding graduate set a record here which has never been surpassed and at mcgill she maintained first class standing during her entire four year course she now plans to study for her master's de gree in england recalling how bermuda had acquiesed a few years ago to allow furness to operate tri angular cruises between new york bermuda and nassau mr misick said that the colony would rue the day even more over permitting the operation of hotel ships than it did with respect to the triangular cruises in 19o2 she was awarded the bermuda scholarship for girls and entered mcgill during her first year she won the faculty scholarship . because of her first class standing by main taining that standing during the second year she had the distinction of being named a university scholar which hon our was hers during her third and final years visiting parish poor house for a special service are members of the choir of st monica's church north shore in the rear of the procession are rev paul cory who lefl the colony last week for a post in england and mr ifor nisbett director of the choir 1~_1 . _ tt i t — _ 1 photo by ed kelly attending the graduation exercises were dr james parents mr and mrs jonathan james of north hill pembroke and miss hodgson's mother mrs bertha hodgson miss hodgson is the niece of mr f s furbert principal of the berkeley and her father was the late mr alexander hodg son of crawl replying to mr misick mr vesey agreed with him that it was impossible for the colony to regulate the travel habits of people conditions had changed from the time when american people took one long annual vacation now with speedier travel by airlines they prefer to take two or three halidays a vear report urges central mrs hayward fisheries market foun d n guilty . at retrial miss hodgson not only main tained a first class average dur ing her four years but secured a first in all her final papers and she also won the dora forsyth prize in english the hon henry vesey chairman of the trade de velopment board said it was unfortunate mr misick found himself unable to support the bill which re thought would be extremely advantageous to bermuda it would allow the colony to catch business which would otherwise bypass it the establishment of a central marketing facility including proper cold storage installations and the appointment of a gov ernment fisherj officer and an administrative assistant arc soi'*e of the recommendations contained in the second progress report of the bermuda fisheries research program which wis cucul'ited yesterday last year miss hodgson be came the bride of mr allen robinson in a pretty marriage performed in the colony a former berkeleyite mr robin son is a member of the united states air force and stationed in england mrs lillian hayward was freed yesterday after a retrial of charges that she caused bodily harm to her neighbour by deliberately pushing her off a roof during an argument over a clothes line miss hodgson entered the berkeley in january 1947 and the same month received a board of education scholar ship while at the berkeley she won first prize in her class each year and was awarded the granaway cup for deport ment however there were people who still wanted to travel by ship — on six or seven day cruises this business would bypass bermuda unless changes were made to attract them mr misick noting that the changes contained in the con tract were of far-reaching im portance they marked a dras tic change in the policy ber i ___•__ i ._ the report noted that about 1,200,000 pounds of bermuda fish in the round were landed yearly in the colony and though this reflects a relatively high level of fish consumption on world stand ards it is stated that the market for local fish produce suffers from lack of organiza tion both with respect to dis tribution and storage facili ties tions have to be looked into a jury was unable to reach a verdict at the first trial be fore the chief justice the hon sir j t gilbert on monday a new jury was empanelled before the assistant justice sir allan smith and a new prosecutor appeared for thc crown mr e w p vesey mrs hayward was represented by her same counsel mr a a francis a brief account of dr james accomplishments appeared in saturday's recorder in the technology field an investigation of various types of fishing tools that might be adapted for use in bermuda waters is necessary investiga tion of various processing methods and facilities can be suggested however all in novation must be of such scope as to be usuable by the local commercial fisherman with his peculiar economic mr v esey pointed out that the position was not as bad as mr misick had painted it he explained that the vessel would only be allowed to keep half of its capacity on board during the 18 hotel cruises permitted __ l i i • * .. in 19ol she won first prize in muda had followed over the years i ears ago when furness - whity was heavy involved in the hotel industry it was one of the strongest opponents to the policy now adopted of allowing ships to lie alongside local docks with passengers aboard arson suspected in fire at warwick house french kill 24 more in algeria the board had examined the matter from every possible angle and he felt that the hotel industry would benefit from the contract blue bank , the home of mr and mrs roger mayne of ord road warwick was saved from complete destruction last night when the couple returned from an evening out just in time to find some pouring from what is believed to have been a deliberately set fire the jury took nearly three hours to reach its not guilty verdict algiers algeria may 28 — french troops supported by strafing aircraft killed at least twenty-four rebels today in an attack on a strong in surgent force in the soumman valley seventy-three miles south of constantine officials said a mop-up action con tinued in the valley this eve ning now he said furness wanted to ro into the hotel in dutry in the way it had op posed years ago and in a way the bill was pushed through its three readings over the objection of mr misick dr john e bardack assistant professor of the uni versity of michigan's fish eries department prepared the report with the assistance of mr louis s mowbray director of the bermuda acquarium and his associates continued on page 6 fiery cross also burned people not laws found impaired negroes start bus boycott in florida which flouts them fers that suf in addition to the recom mendations for the marketing of fish the reports urges the founding or continuation of a cooperative fishermen's organ ization and also urges the acquisition of a small boat for fishery research and consider ation of a budget for fisheries the hamilton fire brigade was summoned and quickly answered the call investiga tions showed that the fire was started in a mattress in one of the bedrooms and also among clothing in a closet damage caused was estimated at 300 the ten commandments outmoded it is because so many of us live as though they were outmoded that our world like the generation of noah has become filled with violence — moral spiritual physical after 5 arrests elsewhere in algeria rebel gunmen killed one frenchman and wounded at least two others in isolated attacks rabbi mark says violators are broken — rosenblum equates duties and rights tallahassee fla may 28 — a large part of the negro student body of florida a & m college began boy cotting city buses today after two coeds were arrested sat urday for refusing to move lo the rear of a bus and a cross was burned at their home last night a cross was burned last night in front of the home where the two negro woman who were arrested for refus ing to sit in the rear of a city transit bus had rooms wilhel mina jakes twenty-six and carrie patterson twenty moved to a dormitory on the campus after the incident the military action was pressed following sunday's day-long security operation in the casbah here in which more than 5,000 moslems were picked up for questioning on rebel ties police still held 522 of those arrested on charges of possessing arms and ammunition or activities on behalf of the insurgent violence the aim and scope of the fisheries research program was outlined as follows it was also discovered that the home had been broken and entered and a boulova watch and three shillings were stolen entry was gained through a window police reported this morning that the case is under investigation n y — people do not break the laws of god but break themselves upon them rabbi julius mark suggested last week in a sermon at temple emanu-el fifth avenue and sixty-fifth street if we are to build the world of which men dream and for which they yearn we must think not in terms of laws promulgated by men but of laws commanded by god we must think not in terms of discipline from without but of self-discipline from with in the investigations are to assist the commercial fishing industry in every respect greater quantities and better qualities of fish landed from bermuda waters are desired the eatchincr and marketing of fish should and can be made more efficient such a pro gram has biological techno logical and economic aspects these different aspects are closely related to one another and must therefore be pur sued together student body president broadus hartley said peti tions calling for the boycott were circulated shortly after a noon meeting attended bv 2,300 negro students m.l _ ■ 1 to have hearing friday in a sermon on the ten commandments and modern life the temple's senior rabbi first noted the incredi ble increase in the range of human knowledge a hearing has been set in city police court friday for the two girls on charges of placing themselves in a posi tion to catlse 1 riot bus driver max covins said the women sat on a front seat next to a white woman and refused to move thieves break into hamilton parish club the first bus wtot thi-bugh the campus empty followed by a police escort about 2 p.m we'll walk yelled students lined up along the route tt 1 queen's birthday parade tomorrow but while man is mastering the physical world he said in the moral and ethical realms he has followed the in credible policy of defying laws that are ecpaally opera tive and cannot be trans gressed with impunity personal and social <: ***•<_ a»_a the many friends of miss helen somersall a teacher at the berkeley institute will be pleased to learn that she has been released from hospital and is convalescing at home the newly renovated hamil ton parish workmen's club had some uninvited guests last night when thieves broke and entered and attempted to steal the cash box among the biological prob lems the first and foremost from a long-term point of view was considered to be the assessment of the kind and numbers of harvestable fish thus investigations into the migratory and food habits of fish have to be made the re port states a1--0 their growth has to be studied and their spawning habits and loca however there was no violence the negroes simply refused to board segregated buses much as negroes at montgomery ala have boy cotted the bus line for six months the two young women said they took the only two vacant seats in the bus and told the driver when he asked them to tomorrow will be a public holiday in bermuda in observ ance of the queen's birthday a parade will be held at ber nard park at which time a royal salute will be fired in honour of her majesty move that they would get oft if he would refund their fare they said he called the police instead defy the law of gravita tion and what happens dr mark went on you destroy not the law but yourself similarly the ten command ments are not broken when they are violated it is the individual or the society • • • their recreation was frus trated when the club's security officer mr c w anderson came on the scene and scared them away the matter was re ported to the police who are making investigations mr vernon lowe of south ampton left the colony over the weekend for the united states where he will reside perman ently president george gore of a & m was out of the city and officials said no formai statement will be made on the boycott until he returns tomorrow police and firemen were called to the home where the women roomed late last night and found a small cross burn ing in the yard units taking part in the parade include the royal navy prospect garrison and local forces , v i_«al why not try these two baking companions