The Presentation College Mathematics Houour Society has had another outstanding year, stacking laurel upon laurel and culminating it with the nothing-less-than-spectacular performance of its students at both the Trinidad And Tobago Mathematics Olympiad (T.T.M.O.), and the International Mathematics Olympiad (I.M.O.) held in Mumbai (Bombay), India. Under the guidance and training of involved members of the school's Math Department (Mr. C. Lalla, Mr. D. Akabo, Mr. S.Khan, and Ms. A. Friday), the society took part in The Australian Mathematics Competition the prelim. Round to the T.T.M.O., and also in the Canadian Mathematics Competition, placing First in the International category at the Descartes, Fermat and Cayley levels, and Fourth at the Pascal level.

The Society also participated in the local Maths Olympiad (T.T.M.O.) '96, copping First (Allistair Abraham), Fourth (Sean Rocke) and Ninth (Andre Sookdar) places to secure the Level I trophy, and First (Rakesh Lal), Third (Ailan Knights), Fourth (William Blackwell II) and Ninth (Yogishwar Maharaj) places to nail the Level 2 trophy for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year, and for the seventh time in the eleven years of the competition. Later in July that year, Rakesh and William joined Peter Hosein, himself an ex-Presman, on this country's team to the International Mathematics Olympiad in India, resulting in three of the six team members being products of Pres'. The entire team, overcame severe illness to perform creditably, with Rakesh and William to~ scoring for the 'Trinis' and obtaining a score just a few marks below the medal cutoff.

Not content to rest on its laurels, the Society looks ahead to 1997 in the hope of reproducing, nay, surpassing its successes of the past year and, as usual, attempting to stir the latent fires of mathematical talent and curiosity within the student body.

Jamboree, scouts from all around the world meet and take part in many different activities: everything from tying knots to surfing the internet is done on a modern Jamboree.

Over the past two years, the troop has swelled in numbers to about 55 scouts right now. We believe in quality, not quantity and have maintained our standards, most successfully. During the year September '94 to June'95, the troop was led by Assistant Scout Leaders Steven Khan and Brian D'Andrade. In this year Yogishwar Maharaj and Christopher Allyne have filled these positions.

The year 1995 was special to our troop as it was our 40th Anniversary. A special celebration was held on 20th August to commemorate this occassion. As part of the event, an old boys vs. curent scouts band competition was held.

In 1995 one of our fold, Steven Khan represented the country at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Canada. Steven, has set an example of all round excellence for all of our scouts to follow. In the field of international scouting, the troop was also represented at the 18th World Jamboree in the Netherlands by Yogishwar Maharaj. The Jamboree site was situated in Dronten, Flevoland. The site was several meters below sea level and has only been inhabited since 1962. A Jamboree is an unforgettable experience and most scouts normally have only one chance to take part in one. On the

Our troop is one of the few which holds three camps per year. Our Christmas camps are held at our scouthouse on Monos Isle. In the past two years the troop has tried to make even more use of the house and so, during the term we try to go Down the Isles at least once. The younger boys, especially those who joined this year, were so enthused by our overnight stay during the term, that they were all more than happy to return for our Christmas camp. On Monos, we, the scouts, go fishing, swimming, hiking and other activities including our all time favourite: driving 'Our Lady,' our motorboat.

Easter camp is a training camp. Most scouts can tell you that we go into the bush and use bamboo to build an entire campsite, ( yes, including toilets! ). The younger boys learn survival skills and other related skills. The more senior boys have a go at leadership and planning. In the end everyone has fun. I think this year produced some very creative ideas in terms of pioneering. One patrol built a roof for their dining table; the venture scouts came close to building a tower drawbridge and all. The only thing which stopped the Venture unit was a design flaw which they hope to overcome this year. Campfire on this camp was a memorable event.

The large turnout of parents was also commendable. This term the troop has participated in a few of the district activities:

The Intertroop Band Competition, Camp Craft Competition and Tug-a-war. We have placed first in all the events in which we participated. Summer Camp... Venzeula! Last year the troop went to Tobago for summer.

This year the troop went to Venezeula Not all our scouts were able to go as only about 35 could be acommodated. This Venezeula camp is the most loved camp and the scouts look forward to it.