The Photographic Society

President : THE HEADMASTER. Chairman : L. BURGESS, Esq. Secretary : W. H. PING.

Committee : R. R. L. Pryer, P. R. G. Dench, T. B. Boulton.

We are glad to be able to record the continuation of the Society in spite of the increasing difficulty of obtaining materials. Meetings have been held to discuss points that have arisen. At the first meeting the new Secretary was appointed, and Boulton was elected to the Committee. The Dark Room has been open to members throughout the term, and we have been very fortunate in being able to provide the necessary chemicals and printing paper. Films have, of course, been very scarce, but members seem to have been able to buy them at infrequent intervals.

The usual competition had to be abandoned this year, though it may be possible to reproduce some photographs taken of school activities during the term.

J. T. C.

The attendance at parades this term has been good, and many useful and interesting lessons in the art of war have been learnt. The corps had two full-dress parades each week on Tuesdays and Fridays between tea and prep. hours.

The smartness and efficiency of the Corps was greatly improved by the efforts of the Army drill-instructors, who came to train us from the I.T.C. at Strensall at the instigation of our liason officer, Capt. S. H. D. Chamier, M.C. These N.C.O.'s divided their attention between the Certificate 'A' candidates and those who had passed this examination, and their patience and ability worked wonders with some of the lesser lights in the corps.

The J.T.C. field-day, which characterizes every school term, was held on Friday, July 24th. At 9-15 in the morning we embussed for Strensall Barracks. On arrival, we marched to an army educational but where we were given an extremely interesting talk on the modern battle drill for sections and platoons in advance. We were told how this drill was evolved and the reasons for its existence, and the exact formation of the section and the platoon was explained to us. Afterwards we tried to put all that we had learnt into practice, at first in drill movements and then as an actual manoeuvre. The corps returned to school late in the afternoon after a hard but interesting day, and all were grateful to the officers and N.C.O.'s who instructed us. 25

The Certificate 'A' examination was held in two parts. The following passed the individual part of the examination : Brown, H., Chantry, Eccles, Hodgson, Knowlson, McDermid, Morr4, Penty, J., ' Walls, Ward and Wilson. The following boys were successful in the Section Leading Examination and thus gained the full Certificate : Barber, Barder, French, D., Garth, Jefferson, Penty, Pryer, D., Reynolds, Ringrose, Robson, P., Shardlow, A., Wicks, Wilson, Young. This last batch of cadets was a particularly high percentage of the total entrants, and everyone concerned is to be congratulated.

The Section Competition was held on the day following the field-day. All the sections were well turned out, and the results were quite close. The winning section was No. 5. Section led by L.-Cpl. Godsmark, who was also rated as the best section leader.

Frost and Denison were promoted from corporals to sergeants.

A. T. C. NOTES.

During this term the A.T.C. Flight has made considerable progress. Not only have the various subjects in the syllabus been studied, but more advanced work has been done with very satisfactory results. For this we are largely indebted to Dr. Whitmore and FlightLieutenant Walker for their kindness in giving us excellent lectures. Astro-navigation and meteorology have been amongst the principal subjects studied. The Senior squad loses several of its members to H.M. Forces and the Universities. The Junior squad, however, will, it is hoped, take the proficiency examination and so build up the Senior squad to its normal strength.

One of the outstanding achievements of this term was in Aircraft Recognition. Eight members of the Flight entered for an R.O.C. 1st Class Spotters' test at St. John's College. Several other teams were present, but five of the School Flight came in the first twelve. Cadet A. H. Terry (121 out of 125) and Flight-Sergeant R. R. L. Pryer (84 out of 125) deserve special mention.

The Senior squad has also made great progress in transmitting morse on the buzzer and Aldis Lamp, which arrived this term, and it is hoped that the high standard of efficiency will be maintained in the future in this branch of the Flight's activities.

On July 5th, the Flight attended a big A.T.C. parade in York and was inspected by the A.O.C. No. 4 Group, Bomber Command. Later the whole parade attended a service at the Minster. The final parade of term was held on Friday, June 24th, our "field-day." On this day the Junior squad spent the day at an R.A.F. Station, where they had an interesting and instructive time. The Senior squad spent the day signalling and performing the navigational and wireless