The Annual Inspection mentioned above was on June 9th, a furiously hot and beautiful day. The Contingent bore up splendidly, and produced marching, particularly in the Royal Navy Section, that was creditable by any CCF standard, and remarkably good in such difficult conditions for anyone in full uniform. The Inspecting Officer, Colonel L. L. Fleming, M.C., from the Ministry of Defence, was well pleased with the day's work, and offered the Contingent the right blend of constructive criticism, congratulation and advice, the last being that leadership should be expressed as 'Come on!' rather than `Go on!' At the end of the Inspection the Fernie Cup was awarded to Contingent Coxswain T. P. Littlefield for his personal contribution during the year. The rubber dinghies with outboard motors have been well used, and Lieutenant Bulcock took an overnight expedition up river with both boats. Lieutenant Bulcock will take over command of the Royal Navy Section in September from Lieutenant Maw, who will have left the School. The Section owes much to the calm and efficient guidance of Lieutenant Maw, and he has been an outstanding example of how a CCF problem can be overcome, that of finding officers from among schoolmasters with no previous naval experience. The CCF authorities have long sensed this problem as the supply of masters with any Service experience becomes smaller; but it has been felt to be more difficult for Royal Navy Sections than for the other two Sections. Lieutenant Maw of course had Army experience, but he attended CCF Naval courses, and used his natural talents to become a first class CCF Royal Navy Section officer. The CCF provides the necessary courses for any would-be officer for all three Service Sections, and it is to be hoped that no Schoolmaster would be reluctant to undertake CCF service because of lack of previous Service experience. The School year closed with the CCF more buoyant than it was last year, and more obviously proud of its connection with the armed Services, which, though not its only purpose, should be one of its sources of pride. D.G.C.
SCOUTS Regular Tuesday meetings have continued throughout the last two terms and various activities have taken place. Some training has taken place and during the summer some experimental cooking was undertaken. The results showed a steady improvement with increasing experience and were tasty if not always pleasant to look at! The field weekend was spent in a major assault on the Lyke Wake Walk and a party of fifteen set off at dawn. Some twenty hours later almost all arrived at Ravenscar. The rest of the group had camped at the finish over the weekend and a very pleasant time was had by all. Parties have given up some of their Sundays to work on the York District training site near Stockton-on-Forest and very useful work was done. In the now smaller group interest and enthusiasm is high and competence is improving. On the eve of a short camp in which we hope for some sea canoeing we look forward to next year with a hope that things will go better and better. R.H.H. 25
