Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN izi i CADET CORPS UITE a number of changes have been made in the Corps this year, both in organization and training in order to conform with the new R C A C. programme. S.M.l. lW.O. ll CM. Henry took over the Corps at the start of the year, and work on the new syllabus of training was begun immediately with a view to giving the cadets an opportunity to qualify for their badge as 3rd Class cadets As this was the first year of the new qualifying system, authority was ob- tained to grade cadets already in the Corps on their length of service and officers and senior N.C.O's, were awarded three chevrons, cadets with more than one year's service received two chevrons and under one year were given one chevron. From now on, however, cadets are required to qualify for their chevrons ond, with the exception of First Aid, all examinations for qualifying for the next chevron have been held. The Corps started the year as a company with a strength of about 78 mem- bers. lt was organized as a Headquarters platoon with a signal section and a first aid se:tion, and two rifle platoons. CfMaior E. Pilgrim was Commanding Officer, with CfCapt. H. Bulpit as second in command. During the Easter term, however, it was decided to re-organize the Corps on a battalion basis and to bring into the Corps the company from the iunior cadet corps. lt was felt that this move would increase interest in the work generally, and this proved to be the fact, The Corps, as re-organized, naw consisted of battalion HQ, and two com- panies, of two platoons each. At the some time there was a general step in rank, C!Major Pilgrim going to CfLieut.-Colonel and CfCapt Bulpit being promoted to Cfivlajor. CfLieutenants D. Hooper and P, Harbin were promoted to CfMaior and appointed company commanders, with other necessary promo- tions being made at the some time. A qualifying course for existing and potential N.C.Os. was run during the Easter tern' covering drill, some map reading and field work. It is hoped to establish this course as a permanent part of the Corps work, and to extend its scope. -Results were very encouraging, a big proportion of the class passing, A course in semaphore signalling was also run during the year. Here again, results were very good, about 9694i of the Corps passing the examinations held by the District Signalling officer, Capt. H. Bonner, Morse buzzer classes were run as part of the Defence Training programme and all the candidates passed, A considerable amount of new equipment, including Coue rifles and Swift Training rifles, was received from N.D.H.Q. during the year which helped con- siderably in the training of the Corps. A very considerable amount of 'range work was carried out during the year. In addition to firing the annual range course, cadets also fired in the

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IZOI THE ASHBURIAN SPORTS DAY E were once again lucky in the weather on Sports Day. Held os usual, in the morning ot the Closing, the races were run ott in fine but not too hot weather. A change in the order ot events was that the High Jump and One Mile Open were held the day betore, in addition to Throwing the cricket ball, This meant less crowding ot events on Sports Day proper, al- though it meant this year, that many people missed seeing a wonderful finish in the Mile Race, won by Pilgrim in the good time ot 4 m. 48 4X5 secs. R. Sablin win the Senior Championship and the Fleming Cup, Daniels I the Inter- mediate, Stanley-Wright Cup and Leston II the Junior Aylwin Cup. The resultsi Senior l00 yards-I, Sablin, 2, Smith I, 3, Richardson, Time l0.8 sec. 220 yards-I, Sablin, 2, Richardson, 3, Smith I. Time 26.8 sec. 440 yards-I, Sablin, 2 Pilgrim, 3, Richardson, Time l.03. E380 yards-I, Pilgrim, 2, Hurtley, 3, Hatch, ,,Time 2.I8.E3. High jump-I, Richardson, 2, Sablin, 3, Smith I, - Height S' US . Long jump-I, Sablin, 2, Chapman, 3, Smith I, Distance I6' 9 . I20 yards, hurdles-I, Sablin, 2, Richardson, 3 Smith I. Time ITS sec. Obstacle race-I, Bulpit, 2, Hooper, 3, Chapman. Time 7.26.2 Cricket ball throwing-I, Pilgrim, 2, Chapman, 3, Read. Distance 233' 6 . Intermediate I00 yards-I, Daniels I, 2, Paterson, 3, Gault. Tme I02 sec. 220 yards-I, Letson, 2, Paterson, 3, Nesbitt. Time 3l.6, 440 yards-I, Danielsl, 2, Schroeder, 3, Castle, Time l.06, High jump-I, Schroeder, 2, Hamilton, 3, Fair. Height 4' S . Long jump-I, Schroeder, 2, Danielsl, 3, Hamilton, Distance I6' II . Obstacle race-I, Daniels ll, 2, Kenny, 3, Howes. Time I,3I.8. I20 yards, hurdlesil, Daniels I, 2, Schroeder, 3, Gault, Time I78 sec. Cricket ball throwingel, Gault, 2, Hamilton, 3, Daniels I. Distance 2I9' 8 . Junior I00 yards-I, l.etson Il, 2, Paterson, 3, Grant I. Time II.4 sec. 220 yardswl, Letson Il, 2, Paterson, 3, Nesbitt, Time 3l 6 sec. High jump-I, Nesbitt, 2, Warburton, 3, Letson II Height 4' 4 . Long jump-I, Letson Il, 2, Paterson, 3, Nesbitt. Distance I4' I . Obstacle race lI3 class?-I, Grant Il, 2, Pettet, 3, H. Smith, Time I.47.6 80 yards, hurdles-I, Letson ll, 2, Patterson, 3, Grant I, Time I4 sec. Cricket ball throwing-I, Letson II, 2, Paterson, 3, Hampson. Distance I86'. Under IZ 75 yordsel, Grant ll, 2, Owen, 3, Johnstone, Time II4 sec. 80 yards, hurdles-I, Grant ll, 2, Johnstone, 3, Chisholm. Time l6.4 sec. Obstacle race-I, Grant II, 2, Pettet, 3, Mansur, Time 37.8 sec. 50 yards-Under lOgI, Mansur, 2, Creelman, 3, Wettlaufer, Time 8.6 sec. One mile-Open-I, Pilgrim, 2 Sablin, 3, Richardson. Time 4.48.8 Old Boys' Race-I, H. MacDonald, 2, J. Crabbe, 3, R. C. R. Lawrence. Inter-Housee Tug-ot-war- I, Woollcombe. Relay race- -I, Woollcombe.

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Q21 THE ASHBURIAN D.CR.A. Winter Competition, the RMC. lnter-School Competition ond the youth of the Empire Competition. Whilst results ore not outstonding, quite o lot of improvement hos been shown ond it is confidently expected thot next yeor the work put in on the ronge this yeor will show good results. The District Codet officers' onnuol inspection wos held in the middle of Moy ond went off very well. ln oddition to the ceremoniol drill, oll phoses of the work covered during the yeor were shown, ond os o wind-up the Corps did o tocticol scheme consisting of o compony in Advonce Guord ond Attock. As C1 result of the good work ot the inspection, the Corps wos successful in winning the Sherwood Cup, emblemotic of the most efficient Corps in the Ottowo District. On the 29th June o porty of 20 codets left to ottend theiDistrict Codet Comp ot Connought Ronges. It hod been hoped thot there would be o much lorger porty for this but owing to unforeseen circumstonces, severol hod to drop out. A very comprehensive syllobus of work hod been orronged, including firing with the new .303 S,lVl.L.E. No. 4, o three inch mortor course ond o very in- structive dernonstrotion of the firing of the 6 onti-tonk gun. The comp closed on the 8th July, ond concluded o very successful yeor's work. . g-Q-3-1. t CADETS INSPECTED We ore indebted to Panorama for the followingi N Thursdoy the eighteenth of Moy, the onnuol inspection of our Codet Corps wos held ot the school, The Bottolion fell in ot l3.3O hrs. lin English, holf post one in the ofternoonl. l.ed by the Pipe Bond of the Comeron l-lighlonders we were brought up into review order, where the Generol Solute for Coptoin l-lolmes wos given ot l-4100 hours C2 p.m.l. Then followed the inspection of the Bottolion by Coptoin l-lolmes, Lieutenont-Colonel l-logon, 33rd Reserve Brigode, Lieutenont-Colonel l-lonnoford, OC., Ci.G.F.G., Coptoin Riley, Coptoin Croig, ond the l-leodmoster. The inspection hoving been corried out, the Bottolion morched post in column of plotoons ond column of route. Bringing the ceremoniol to o close wos the odvonce in review order ond the Generol Solute, which wos received by Coptoin l-lolmes. Our own Bugle Bond ployed for this, - Compony drill, plotoon drill ond section drill were smortly corried out, fol- lowed by two sciuods giving o demonstrotion of smoll orms drill, The five ring circus which come next gove o wonderful disploy of the vorious phoses of Codet troinirtg in the following 1-oiming instruction, firing instruction with the Swift troining rifle, respirotor drill, knots ond loshings, ond mop reoding. While the Bottolion removed their jockets for Physicol Troining the conceolment squod left to toke up their positons, ond ot the some time the juniors in their whites put on o fine disploy of plotoon drill, After the moss Physicol Troining, the Bottolion fo'med up into o Compony for the mock ottock. While they were forming the spectotors were requested to move out into the rood to see if they could spot ony of the conceoled enemy. Then the ottock commenced. While