The Bermuda Recorder

              for cooking & drinking imts 3«&***fr ft h bermuda j recorder wm m f m f m f r i 1 purvis ltd w0^^^m w «/ agents published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays pubvis ltd volume xxxiii hamilton bermuda saturday october 27 1956 no 25 trinidad new says criminal waste of public funds must stop lv a ' : 4_a___fl___l h__k ■--' mwmwme jm am \ visiting egyptian stresses value of it a&0r ■ m e^e^h '*'' plhps5-^i__^_-tt__ff'___ffio s j education to a country purt-of-spaix trinidad oct 26 a new day dawned in tiii caribbean island today when the governor sir edward beet ham opened a historic new session of parliament and lurned the reins of government over to dr eric williams and iiis people's national movement dr williams inn only became chief minister but he was expected to take tiie portfolio of finance and development a young egyptian doctor who is visiting bermuda cited his country as an example to berkeley institute students on thursday when driving home a point to them about the value of a good education both to the individual and the country b a a dr fikri hanna of cairo visited the institute and ad dressed the student body and staff at a special assembly in the david robinson memorial hall he was introduced by the principal mr f s fur bert who remarked that his country boasted of one of the earliest civilizations the opening of parliament was the climax of nearly twelve months feverish politi cal activity which saw the ww^f "■ l___________________________i british guiana and the gold coast most ot the passes were in the third division for every km who sat in trinidad sun tobago 40 failed sevci^m emergence of party polities the organization of the pxm and subsequent victory which swamped the conservative ele ments which had run the country in the past at a big pum convention in port-of-spain this week dr williams who saw the party's success at the polls as one over race and religion got first division 51 third division he compared this to w failures in jamaica nine first and j thirds enlarging on this point dr hanna said it was true what tbe principal bad said as long as the proper value was placed on education in egypt it was one of the leading coun tries in the world as education declined so did egypt the doctor said referring bitingly to guaran tees sought before the elections on the eustion of education he gave tiiree to the convention priority for constitutional criminal waste of public funds will stop lie declared trinidad and tobago will cease to produce in its schools third class citizens and the required academic training will be pro vided for all teachers show of styles the crowd which braved the elements last night to attend the fashion show sponsored hy the sarah allen industrial guild at alexandria hall hamilton we're well rewarded for their effort they saw an excellent display of work executed mostly in die guild's director mrs eulah brock and by members of the guild under ber supervi sion assisted by mrs margaret btivgess on the left above miss miriam gibbons models a nylon embroidered semi-formal with cherry accessories on the right is mrs rebecca fabler modelling an original creation called the rainbow in the sky reforms in an interview with the recorder dr hanna refused to be drawn out on the controver sial suez canal situation he said all he knows is what he has read in the newspapers in america where he has been studying for the past two he stated that constitution reform will be given high pri ority preliminary steps have been taken fo!r the industrial survey by prof arthur lewis and mr teodoro moscoco of puerto rco as well as for a world bank mission early at tention will also be given to re organising a geological survey and surveys in different fields dr fieri hanna the chief minister also gave as a pointer to a new concept of education in the colony the need for collaboration between child parent and teacher and the integration of school and society — photo by supreme studio cann of cannville pembroke west he has travelled all over the colony mostly by foot he says he is impressed with the hospitality shown him and likes the quiet atmosphere both in iytt,i>r nnd the oeoule homelandafter eom^fii-gtwo years of specialized medical studies at texas university called the second emancipa tion of the coloured people by fighting for the decision of the united states supreni court holding segreiratiou *»• tntional " leopards told of effort to wipe out racial proscription in u s years he has been out of egypt during most of the time the at the convention dr wil liams made scathing references to government grants in eda during the last admin istration he called for a new definition of education in the colony's schools he also saw the need for a new definition f the school observing that the «<-»»— i by gem xeguib be was in switzerland when xequib was kicked out by colonel nasse"r he was en route to america saying that the xegro in ber muda and in america have a great deal in common 1 discovered you cannot eat in the best eating places m stay in the best hotels we had it like that in the united suites 40 years ago but had the courage to do something about it dr brown said often regarded as private prop erty even personal property a distinguished american physician and civil rights champion took time out from his bermuda vacation on thursday to address the week ly supper broadcast of the leopards club he was dr lawrence greely brown of elizabeth x j his . topic was recent changes in the life of the xegro this unanimous edict was handed down in may 10.">4 and today there are only five states in tlie union which have not yet complied with the court's order to desegregate however they will have to come across dr brown said because that is the law and we are joverned by law dr williams told the con vention of the pxm candidate who asked a school manager for permission to jiave him dr williams pay a visit which the school manager refused u.s.a however he i aid that xasser was the man of the hour for egypt in nationalizing the suez canal he had done what egyptian progressives had talked about for decades dr hanna said he first recalled hearing about egyptian con trol of the canal in 1924 when he was a boy he was certain that xasser was a popular man in egypt he had instituted land reforms and other re forms to see that the wealth of the country was more fajrhj . ■ ■•■ ■: — ____________________________! he attacked the standards shown in the last school cer tificate examinations and de clared that if the school certi ficate was to be the criteria the results showed colossal failure and waste of taxpapyers the week he claimed on behalf of the pxm government as future custodians of public funds the discretion to visit public insti tutions to check the use mad 1 of public funds and the service rendered to the community in brief a graduate of howard university where he was a classmate of the late dr sheou j williams dr brown was for a numbr of years presi dent of the howard alumni association and a leading figure in the x.a.a.c.p dr brown said that when the xegroes in the soiith found themselves faced with proscription on all sides the organized what was called the xiagra association this was theii answer to the lynchings whieh ased to take place as a matter of course this body gave way to the x.a.a.c.p which started over forty years the prohibited publications bill which gives the commis sioner of police the power to control the reading habits of the people of bermuda was sent to a select committee of the house of assembly on wednesday for study the bill was introduced by the chair man of the board of education mr h t watlington who said such legislation was sug gested by the commission of inquiry into illegitimacy and overpopulation a move to de feat the bill was defeated by three votes the opposition thought that it gave the com missioner too much power money he spoke about racial segre gation and discrimination in tiie united states the battle being waged to wipe it out under the drive of the xa uonal association for the advancement of coloured people x.a.a.c.p the visitor began his address by dr williams addressed dele gates assembled in the good samaritan hau forthe special convention called to ratify the municipal and borough elec tions manifesto the conven tion also discussed affiliation to the carbbean federal labour party if any decision was taken it was rot disclosed bermudian called to jamaica bar dr willams also suggested the use of the schoolhouse as a community centre he said that in mexico schools were known as house of the people b * 1 l>r hanna is the house raest of mr aad mrs dilton the pnm political leader did not give a formal i*«**ni r-'ii bu tie avesorac painters r - - id first that there had to 2 mhim^^w ; "**-" n — fc^j^yyt b ~^ \ mlmmm mm ______■ s w wm m fp _^^ w - m mm ______■ aww woman's day at st paul's a.m.e 1 ] n ''•<• an r ointnien of a l'om ; ei of inquiry into school ■ tt during the past six i anisation of the jf _________& 3r 1 a i ;•■' a r d expansion of ;: go the association went on to fight tlie legal batilcs of the e-opl and he gave it credit for bringing about what h a t-v programme will form i lie nucleus of three services marking woman s day ai st paul's ame church hamilton on sunday xovem ber llth » * • i.iuary school facilities an<l hi jirovision of a larger nam w-r of scholarsliijis and cxhi i p the queen of bermuda left here on monday on her last trip before going back to the united kingdom for a refit the liner will not be baek until january and until then the ocean monarch will provide the weekly service between xew york and bermuda bitions tt *_* w e lucation in triaide ' h mosilv a matter of providing new places and tiresome argu ment of who is to run k he pointed out he declared that during the last six years 1 r was flagrant jjwli iftaati % % sonic got palatial struct nr"s and others were content x i among the speakers will be mrs f s furbert wife of tne lieadmaster of berkeley insti tute and miss edwina smith recently returned from uni versity in england miss smith is the daughter of mr and mrs hosay smith hamil ton a lan'e female ehoir under the direction of miss thyra bascome well - known local musician who has also trained choirs abroad organist mrs doris corbin will lead the '________ personal and social mr and mrs george e jones and family of welling ton st george's left the colony on october 19th for west over airfield boston mass where they will be stationed permanently mrs jones is the daughter of mr and mr vincent xearon • # • r a steamship service operated for the past 25 years by the alcoa steamship company is being terminated so that ships providing the service will be diverted to the west indies and soutli america alcoa ended its new york-bermuda service earlier this year * mr james rufus astwood jr sou of mr and mrs james rufus astwood of the pebble warwick east was called to the bar of jamaica recently cowsheds quality received no consider ation whatever he charged and it was affected by v large number of untrained teachers punitive measv 4§_ken against teachers and th oppression of the teache j unioifl mr astwood did his pre law training at tiie university of toronto canada and was called to the english bar at cray's inn london england in february of this year lie is at present residing in jamaica and is attached to the ministry of labour of that island * * * leaving bermuda by plane to lay will be mrs edith jones of boston mass who has been vacationing here for the past two weeks with mr and mrs wesley ( holmoiidely of somer set mrs jones for sometime has been in the civil service of the united states iii the state house of boston where she serves the secretary of the commonwealth her career has been marked for its efficiency and faithfulness statistics on bermuda's farm industry released this week showed that vegetables valued at some 207,373 were # * * sill *>' • these services to be held at 11:00 a.m 4:15 p.m and wth??p7iceof7tiis e<lucatioiru immorality he said was re flected in the school certifieat kaueray is ctiarr wn for the day with mis kellv collins wife pf bt paotfl pastor and miss kay smith acting as co-chairman the public including those of the masculine sex are in vited to attend produced last year in the 765 acres under cultivation the citrus crop was valued at 20,160 and lily exports at 22,609 animal products were valued at 236.401 ; meat prod ucts at 40,559 and poultry at 26,000 examinations for 1956 tvim mwi had 2,481 candidates com pared to jamaica's 1,5(k dr williams cited figures for other territories and concluded that the percentage of passes 60 per cent was lower than in any territory except mauritius mr and mrs astwood sr were present at the ceremony which took place in chambers before mr justice cools lartique newly weds — mr and mrs berwyn cann were pictured at the cathedral where they were married last week story on page 3 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