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fication simplified, while in the course of the annual stocktaking the opportunity was taken of writing the accession number of every hook in the library on the back of its respective index card—an innovation which should make for speedier reference in the future.

Still not enough care is being taken to return books to the library when overdue and the general treatment of books could be considerably improved.

The following books have recently been added :- ARCHITECTURE :—Three Hundred Years of French Architecture—Blomfield ;

A First Book of Architecture—Reed; A Second Book of Architecture—Reed;

A Third Book of Architecture—Reed; The Architecture of England—Gibberd ;

The Story of Architecture—Waterhouse ; A History of Architecture on the

Comparative Method—Sir J. Banister Fletcher. SOCIOLOGY :—How York Governs Itself—Morrell and Watson ; Whitehall at York—

Morrell and Watson. HISTORY :—History of the City of York—Knight ; England (187o-I94)—Ensor ;

The French Revolution—Thompson ; History of the United States to 1941-

Somervell. MATHEMATICS :—Pure Mathematics—Hardy ; Teaching the Essentials of Arithmetic —Ballard ; Advanced Trigonometry—Durell and Robson ; Advanced Algebra (vol. II)—Durell and Robson ; The Teaching of Elementary Mathematics—

Godfrey and Siddons ; The Teaching of Mechanics in Schools—A Report ; The

Teaching of Arithmetic in Schools—A Report ; The Teaching of Algebra in Schools—A Report ; The Teaching of Geometry in Schools—A Report ;

The Teaching of Algebra and Trigonometry—Nunn ; An Introduction to

Mathematics—Whitehead ; A Short History of Mathematics—Ball ; Chamber's

Seven-Figure Mathematical Tables—ed. Pryde ; The Great Mathematicians—

Turnbull ; Map Projections by Practical Construction—Hinckley ; An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics—Yule and Kendall. SCIENCE :—Readable Relativity—Durell ; Physics for Medical Students—Rudd;

General Astronomy—Spencer Jones . REFERENCE :—The Oxford Companion to English Literature. PRESENTED BY MRS. A. N. BAIRD :—Abraham Lincoln—Lord Charnwood;

Recollections (z vols.)—Viscount Morley; Memories (vol. II)—Lord Redesdale ;

Contemporary Personalities—Earl of Birkenhead ; Memories and Studies—

James ; Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, his life and times—Mackenzie ; Life of the

Emperor Frederick—Whitman ; Caesar, a sketch—Froude. PRESENTED BY H.M. INSPECTORS :—English Social History—G. M. Trevelyan.

(The following article has been sent to us from South F, rt Asia by Lieut. J. A. Cato (School House 5936-40). It was ;mitten, Cato tells us in a covering letter, to pass the time in hospital, and to give people at home "my own impressions of a monsoon storm in this forsaken part. of the world where we fight the Jap, and everything else under the sun."

For a short time I have been away from my unit (somewhere on the Indo-Burmese border) undergoing treatment for malaria in a hospital in a back area. The weather has been unbearably hot and sticky. A storm is inevitable—and here she comes! I went outside and watched for a time.

It is evening, and behind me the sun is low on the horizon, the sky around it a delicate shade of blue and pink. The crowd, however, is more interested in the opposite direction. In an ever-widening arc, the leading edges still tinged with the sun's rays, a mass of cloud moves towards us at a high level. The immediate scenery has taken on an unnatural clarity; green trees and white tents stand out starkly against a background of dull, steely blue—the back-cloth of a gigantic stage, across which lightning flickers, flashes, and darts, throwing into relief the jet-black clouds seemingly suspended in the blue vacuum between the storm-cloud and the gaunt hills on the horizon.

Slowly, now pressing remorselessly down, the mass of cloud is moving over our heads; the steely-blue background has dissolved into mist, and the distant horizon is obscured. A frenzied wind whirls from all quarters, and God's artillery rumbles menacingly, still far away. Now the heavy storm-clouds fill the heavens ; press down : the wind grows fiercer, wilder : the thunder approaches, becomes more threatening, more ominous : lightning jags across the rain-laden sky in a crazy pattern—and at last the rain; swirling, beating, solid clouds of rain.

The air becomes cooler. Visability drops-300 yards, 25o, zoo, until the tents across the too yard stretch of field are ghostly in the haze. Puddles, ponds, appear as if by magic. The wind plucks with invisible fingers at the tents. Thunder from all sides rattles, roars, rolls away, frightening in its sudden detonations and in the heaviness of its sound. Lightning streaks more fantastically across the heavens. Then, suddenly, the first violence is spent, the wind has dropped, the rain falls vertically; its beat on the taut-stretched canvas of the tent is insistent, a remorseless monotone, depressing in its promise of persistence. My companion in the tent begins to bale out, to move beds . . .

I—I thank my lucky stars that for the time being I am in a tent, and not with my less-fortunate colleagues in the Battalion, possibly even at this moment fighting the Japs, the climate, and the country—and beating them all !

J.T.C.

Despite the many and varied activities of the Summer term it has been found possible to carry out a full programme of training in the J.T.C.

The termly field day was held on Thursday, 25th May, when the whole company took part in an exercise on the Ings towards Overton. The company attacked enemy positions defending Overton railway bridge. The defence was a skeleton one consisting of one section, while the attack was under the command of Capt. Rhodes. Despite bad weather and the refusal of some members of the Corps to attack positions after the skeleton defence had evacuated it, the day was enjoyed by all and was exceedingly instructive. After lunch the company reformed and took part in an attack on Overton, after which the Corps marched back via Skelton and the North road.

Colonel Scott-Cockbum, the deputy District Commander paid the contingent an informal visit on Thursday, 1st June, and was favourably impressed by the contingent, both on parade and carrying out its normal training.

The contingent has had two ceremonial parades during the term, the first being on Sunday, zist May, "Empire Youth Sunday," when the Corps marched to the Minster for the Youth Service. The Salute was taken by The Sheriff of York (Councillor R. W. Willsdon). The second occasion was "Youth Day" in "Salute the Soldier" week when the salute was taken by Lt.-Col. W. H. Grimes, T.O., O.B.E. In this connection we offer our congratulations to our Commanding Officer, Captain K. H. Rhodes, who was chairman at the opening ceremony on "Youth Day. '

Once again it was found possible to hold a Certificate "A" examination this term, the Individual examination taking place on Thursday, 22nd June, when the following cadets were successful :—Cdts. Brindley, Clayboum, Crowther, Hobson, Jones, Lennard, Peel, Rayon, Smith, and Wilson, P. J.

The section-leading examination was held on 3oth June when the following passed :—Cdts. Banister, Bentley, Bodington, Boyes, Clark, Coward, Dodsworth, G., Garbett, Gillgrass, Gregory, Harker, D., Haysey, Hnik, Legat, Norwood, Reaveley, Reynolds, G., Shepherd, Simpson, Spink, Taylor-Thompson, Washington, Welford, Wright,

In both of the above examinations the percentage of passes was very high, due in no small measure to the efficient instruction of the N.C.O.'s from the r5th P.T.C., to whom we record our grateful thanks.