Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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T241 THE ASHBURIAN Number One ond Number Two Plotoons took up firing positions on the common, Number Three mode ci flonking move ond overron the enemy, who were en- trenched beside the Public School, from the reor. Blonk ommunition odded much to the reolity of the ottock, while the cosuolties were efficiently hondled by the First Aid Section. Ceose Eire sounded ond the Bottolion formed up on the rood. Led by Lieutenont-Colonel Pilgrim, the Bgttolion formed sguore in preporotion for the inspection officer's oddress. Coptoin Holmes poid tribute to the steodiness on porode ond discipline, The Corps, he soid, rcinks with the best in the district. Lieutenont Price of Number Two Plotoon received the trophy presented onnuolly to the best plotoon on porode ot the Inspection. lt is ci noteworthy point thot in I92l the cup wos won by Moior-Generol G. Simonds, A holf-holidoy, in con- siderotion of the good performance of the Corps, wcis osked for ond gronted, much to the pleosure of the troops. We connot resist quoting the following from the occount in the press: Addressing the codets, Coptoin Holmes poid tribute to their steodiness on porode ond generol discipline, The Corps , he soid, ranks with the best in the district olso Hclimoxing o series of ceremoniol ond drill disploys, codets of Ashbury College went into oction ot Rockcliffe Pork yesterdoy ofternoon, out- mcinoeuvered the enemy, coptured o porty of comoufloged odvonced scouts, ond finolly overrcin the enemy position by ci skillful flonking move to secure G complete victory. lt wos o most reolistic bit of bottle oction, ond the crock of rifles ond bren guns odded to the reolism os the tocticol scheme wos corried out. is-0-1-1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB URING the first term, one meeting wos held ot which Lewin Chopmon wos elected President, Roy Boutin Vice-President, ond Wm. Eliot secre- tory The l-leodmoster presided ond ofter the elections spoke on the oims of the Club. During the winter term, onother meeting wos held ot which M, Boissevin, the chorge d'offoires of the Netherlonds, spoke on the generol stote of Chino ond told us of some of his experiences in the For Eost. The lost meeting of the yeor wcis held during the summer term ot which Mr. I-leorne, The I-ligh Commissioner of Eire in Conodo, spoke, I-le spoke on the subject of The Potrimony .of English Literoture. At oll the meetings there were about twenty present. There ore o few suggestions to be mode. Firstly thot the system of voting for the officers be chonged ond simplified. Secondly thot meetings be held similor to those of the deboting society except thot there be no moin speokers. Lostly thot more interest be shown towords this club, porticulorly by doy-boys. There is o lot of work thot ony member of the club con do in the Librory where oll the books need to be cotologued ond orrcinged. ln generol, the work of the club this yeor wos sotisfoctory but it only represents 0 very smcill portion of the school, rother thon the senior ond middle schools