PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
During the Easter Term our Monday evening meetings were again well attended, particularly by the younger boys. As might be expected ,our Vth and VIth formers were too busy working for S.C.E. examinations to devote much time to photography but some continued to assist in the instruction of the less experienced members, some of whom are showing considerable promise.
Since Easter boys who have passed their proficiency test have been able to use the dark-room without supervision and it is hoped that some of their work will be available for a small exhibition on Grand Day.
A group of boys visited Stirling Camera Club's exhibition and were very impressed by the standard of photography. Later this term a party will visit Edinburgh Zoo where interesting studies abound on both sides of the wire fence.



GLIDING
One of the more enjoyable aspects of the R.A.F./ C.C.F. training programme which some cadets have the opportunity to undertake is gliding training. Fortunately the school R.A.F. section was able to obtain two places on a continuous gliding course for one week during April at H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath.
Cadets B. Sutherland and D. Kennedy arrived at H.M.S. Condor at lunch on the first day of the course and barely had time to deposit their luggage in their sleeping quarters before being rushed down onto the airfield to start their training. Overall there were twenty cadets taking the course coming fro mas far south as York and Liverpool and as far north as Aberdeen. We were split into groups of three and palced under an instructor who was to teach us for the course. The forst afternoin was spent in giving each cadet a little experience of flying in a glider without him having to bother too much about the actual flying of the craft. Two types of gliders were used, there being the Cadet Mk,. Ill a glider of the tandem class, and the Sedberg, a glider in which the instructor and pupil sit side by side. Although the Sedberg is a much better aircraft from the instructor's point of view, the Cadet Mk. Ill was much easier to fly and it was this that we finally soloed in.
During the week our training day lasted from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during this time we were taught how to turn, take-off, land and do various exercises such as stall and recovery from the stall, recovery from spins, stall turns and many more. By the fourth day of the course almost everyone was up to the standard of going solo and by the fifth day everyone had done the three solo flights required to obtain the proficiency certificate and wings. The wings were presented by the Commander of H.M.S. Condor on the sixth day at a miniature parade in front of the Gliding School.
To complete the course including the three solo launches Cadet D. Kennedy took 35 launches and 122 minutes flying; Cadet B. Sutherland took 28 launches and 132 minutes flying.

SHOOTING
This year there was no outside shooting competition for the shooting club to enter. However the R.A.F. section of the C.C.F. entered two teams in the Small Bore Winter League open to all C.C.F./R.A.F. Sections and A.T.C. Units in Scotland. The senior team competed in Division "D" for the Tomintoul Cup and finished 8th of 11 teams with a total of 1,895 for the seven rounds with an average score 68 per target.
The Junior team competed in Division "F" for the Reynolds Cup and finished 4th in the final placings with a total of 1.766, This was a creditable performance for a team which only had one score over 60 in the first round and averaged 83 in the final round.
Senior team—P. F. Docherty, C. A. Willmott, D. Maclver, D. J. Barnes, D. Wrenn, R. F. Howarth.
Junior team—J. A. Harrison, M. Haston, P. Sayer, C. Murray, A. Fiddes, Piercy, M. D. Fogarty.

CANOEING CLUB'S VISIT TO GRANDTULLY
The following boys went:—C. J. Robinson; K. S. Bowlt; J. R. Campbell; D. Wrenn; A. S. Grey; P. Gilchrist.
Captain Woodhouse (R.A.E.C.) who originally started the canoeing club in September, 1967, is back at the school. He arranged for us to go for a few days canoeing over Whitsun with a group of Army Apprentices. We went up to Grandtully, near Aberfeldy to one of the best spots of white water in Britain. The more experienced members of the club went down all of the rapids and even the newer members managed to go down the first. To make the canoeing all the more difficult, it poured with rain all Saturday night, causing the river to rise considerably.
The idea of the trip was to gain experience on rough water as we have only the use of the baths while at school.
Staff Sergeant Robinson, one of the army's best canoeists, made the trip enjoyable and successful by giving us confidence and tips. Captain Handly, the officer in charge, made the camp run smoothly and used his unlimited cooking abilities to feed us.

COMBINED CADET FORCE
Army Section—
Proficiency Certificates have now been awarded to 23 Cadets of the Contigent, several of these will be school leavers in June. The remainder are forming an Engineer Section under the very capable instructions of Sgt. Robertson who himself belongs to the Royal Engineers and who is working with No.23 Cadet Training Team in Stirling.
We also have 22 boys with Certificate A Part II who we hope will also be in possession of Proficiency Certificates before the end of term. The remaining 33 boys are classified as "Recruits", these are being instructed by Drum Major A. Morrison.
The full complement of Officers has been reached with the commissioning of 2nd Lt. T. M. Wright and the school Sergeant Major 2nd Lt. J. Deeley. Mr J. Mortimer becomes the S.S.I, of the contingent.
Arduous training in the form of ski-ing was enjoyed by Major G. Reid and Lt. T. M. Wright and some 14 cadets. It was very popular indeed and already we have some 20 volunteers for 1970.