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#142 Cadet Corps

1930s

 

1930

 - "...[the Corps] marched through Aurora to the cenotaph situated one mile south of the town." [NAOP p.267] "A Challenge Cup has been presented to the Cadet Corps by G. Eric Ellsworth for Annual Competition. The object of the Competition is to distinguish or single out the Platoon which has shown the most interest in the work of the Cadet Corps, steadiness and efficiency of drill movements and rifle exercises during the school year. The efficiency shown by the Officers and NCO's in handling and teaching their Platoons will also count." [Notes of F,Millican, Chief Instructor, April 1930, in cadet files]

1931

 - Captain C. A .B. Young becomes Chief Instructor serving until 1933.



1933 

- "The growth in the disarmament movement characteristic of the early thirties discouraged membership in the Corps whose numbers shrank by 1933 to two small platoons." [NAOP p.267]

1934 

- Sergeant-Major Hugget becomes the Chief Instructor serving until 1938. Due to the small number of students in the Corps, the Pipes and Drums are temporarily absorbed into the ranks. Nonetheless, the pipers remain active and on St. Andrew's Day the tradition of piping in the haggis is begun.

1935

 - The pipe band returns to action, and the Annual Inspection is held in the fall term, on October 23rd, a tradition that continued until 1941.

1936

 - Mr. Graham Campbell presents an ornate Scottish dirk to be worn by the Corps Captain each year. Some years later, the dirk disappears.

1937

 - The annual Church Parade forms up at Rosedale Community Grounds and proceeds along Bloor Street to St. Paul's Church in time for the morning service, a format followed past the turn of the next century.

1938 

- Lieutenant Geoffrey O'Brian becomes Chief Instructor serving until 1941. "Mr. Wright has been good enough to offer for competition in the Cadet Corps, a Cup to the "best cadet" on parade at Inspection. In choosing the best cadet, regard will be had to the cadet's efficiency in arms drill and marching, but his general attitude, his deportment and his general appearance will also be judged not only on Inspection Day but also at all times up to that date both when the cadet is on and off parade. In the nature of the case, officers, non-commissioned officers and members of the band will not be eligible." [Headmaster's note in cadet files]

1939 

Senior Cadets - Click for larger picture1939 - "In the spring of 1939, together with other cadets corps, they had formed a guard of honour for the King and Queen as they walked from the Parliament Buildings to lunch at [University of Toronto's] Hart House." [NAOP p.168]