J.T.C. News

We cannot, of course, deal with all the items here. The writer, following the example of " 1066 and All That," makes no attempt to summarise the concert, but is relying entirely upon his memory. The items which are " memorable " are obviously the important ones.

A feature of the show was Hort's piano playing, which was enjoyed by highbrow and low-brow alike. Definitely of the latter class, however, was D. Taylor's humour. His pantomime speech was very well done, and went down very well.

The two principal characters of the " melodrama " were also very good, Taylor again, as an extremely offensive villain (we beg his pardon!), and Thompson, J., as the demure young heroine, were really good. Unfortunately, they were poorly supported, but otherwise this was the best sketch of the evening. (As a matter of interest, we have it on good authority that Taylor has been advised, by one competent to judge on these matters, to go in for low comedy on the music-halls, where, he is assured, he would make a fortune. We understand that he is very indignant.)

The last scene of all, the once more inevitable " staff " scene, showed us the masters in the army. Taylor, D's impersonation, and that of Thompson were very realistic, the former in voice, the latter in appearance.

So the House Concerts ended for this term. We think that we are justified in saying that both were immensely entertaining.

" Reviewer."

This term the J.T.C., as the O.T.C. is now called, has been much larger than has been the case for some time past, as in all there were five platoons, one of which consisted entirely of recruits.

As regards training, No. 1 platoon, consisting of post certificate "A" candidates, prepared for the promotion examination, which was held during the last week of the term. No. 2 platoon underwent training for the certificate " A," which was held in December, and the results of which appear elsewhere. Nos. 3 and 4 platoons underwent the usual drill and attended several lectures, and No. 5 platoon, 33

under Sergeant Major Puddick, were instructed in elementary drill.

Next term we are losing the services of Lieut. Le Tocq, who has had to answer the call of his country, and in this capacity we wish him the best of luck. We extend a hearty welcome to 2nd. Lieut. K. H. Rhodes as our new Company Commander.

THE FIELD DAY.

On November 26th the whole contingent went to Strensall by bus and had a Field Day, four of which have now to be held yearly.

A platoon of the West Yorkshire Regiment, kindly provided by Major Craig, demonstrated a mock attack to us, and this was well described from stage to stage by Major Craig.

For the sake of convenience the Company was divided into three platoons, and when the attack was over, one of these carried out the same attack under the watchful eye of 2nd Lieut. K. H. Rhodes, while the other two were instructed in visual training and march discipline by Lieut. Le Tocq and Sergeant Major Puddick respectively. By the end of the afternoon each platoon had carried out each of these three items of training.

May we take this opportunity of thanking Sergeant Major Puddick for preparation of all the equipment for us.

CERTIFICATE " A."

On December 9th the Certificate "A" was held at the Barracks, and out of twenty-three candidates for this examination eighteen passed. To say that this result is good is superfluous, but we may add we would be far more pleased with a 100% pass. The successful candidates were: Battrick, Beetham, Brown (A. C.), Davison, Frost, Hannon, Langstaff, Long, Miller, Mitchell, Morris, Ping, Pryer, Reynolds, Robson (T.), Shepherd, Taylor (D.), Webber.

RECRUITS' SHOOTING COMPETITION.

During the course of the term, Sergeant Major Puddick very kindly organised a shooting competition for the recruits, but the number of entries was regrettably low. It is to be hoped that in future many more recruits will enter, for it is the recruits who will one day be the backbone of 34