O.T.C. News

evening, July 18th, when a single one act play was made the excuse for an outing in the grand manner. At Clifton Scope at 6-30 p.m. a veritable Mauretania of a launch, aptly named the " Lyric,'f embarked the Society for Bushey Copse up river. Having arrived and having disembarked baggage and fodder, as Caesar would say, we read " The Grand Chain's Diamond," by Alan Monkhouse ; we read this play for three reasons—we had the books kindly lent to us by Mr. Sykes, it is an amusing piece, and we must have been one of the few play reading societies in Britain who hadn't already read it.

After this the braver spirits bathed in the river, whilst the others were supposed to be gathering firewood. The watermen were quicker than the woodmen, but eventually we saw the Headmaster show us just how one should light an enormous bonfire with one match—and he did too. Then we ate a sumptuous pic-nic supper which our President, Mrs. Toyne, very kindly provided. After indulging in some post-prandial exercise we arrived home in our launch at 10 p.m., having had a most enjoyable outing, which we hope will be an annual one.

We were pleased to have Mrs. Sykes and several members of the staff with us, but especially would we like to thank Mrs. Toyne for the organisation and arrangements for such a splendid evening.

We welcome two new members this term, R. M. Deas and E. Antrobus, and old members may like to know that a .full programme of meetings and first-rate plays to be read is being fixed up for next term.

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There is little of note to record in the activities of the Corps this term except the General Inspection and practice for the section competition, which has not taken place up to the time of going to print.

The General Inspection took place on June 4th, and there was a noticeable improvement in the efficiency of the drill. The Inspection Officer, Capt. Sargent, from the War Office, took the salute as the Corps marched past in column of route. After the Band had fallen out, Capt. Sargent gave the N.C.O.'s lectures to deliver to their respective sections and platoons. A simple scheme was carried out by No. 1 Platoon under the sergeants. No. 2 Platoon were unfortunately prevented by rain from showing how much better they could do it.

In his remarks afterwards, Capt. Sargent emphasized the necessity of as many Cadets as possible taking their Cert. " A " exams, and hoped that anyone who had a chance of joining the territorials either at the 'varsity or when thty left School, would take it.

The section shooting competition has been completed, and No. 2 Section, under L-Cpl. Smart, was successful with an average of just over 70. Most of the parades, interspersed between exams, consist of training