CLUB, SOCIETIES & OTHER ACTIVITIES ARCHAEO LOGICAL SOCIETY This year has seen the development of the new Museum. The displays have,during the course of the year, been replaced and modified. Among the various exhibits there have been the pennanent Bushman collection and a Zulu display which included the fine collection of bead work on loan from Mrs Hammond de Sincich. In addition to being used for exhibiting, the Museum is an excellent location for smaller meetings and discussion groups. The Society has enjoyed a good attendance at all its meetings this year.There have been eleven meetings of which four have included films and taped TV programmes. As usual the main subject has been South African archaeology. The visiting speakers were: Mr Martin Hall of the Natal Museum, who spoke on Iron Age cultures in Natal; he followed up his lectures with a fruitful 'workshop' attended by a smaller group of members. At the 'workshop' he demonstrated the dating and types of pottery made by the Early Iron Age people. Mr Elwyn Jenkins spoke on excavations with which he assisted in Lesotho and Botswana, and Mr John Wright spoke on'The Bushman Raiders of the Drakensberg'. Mr Lewis-Williams as usual addressed the Society on numerous occasions and Colin Eoster spoke on recent discoveries in East Africa. There were comparatively few expeditions this year and thus only a few members were fortunate to be invited to join one. Most of the trips were to the Kamberg area of the Drakensberg. This year has been successful: the lectures were all of a high standard and informa tive, the Museum has proved a worth-while venture and the Society has not been stagnant with regard to expeditions. The Society is, in fact, one of the most popular in the school. J. CLARKE Secretary CADETS All boys in forms 3 to 6 are required to be cadets,and so our detachment has consisted offour companies and a band. Instruction in the various aspects of cadet work has fallen on the shoulders of six members of the staff, two of whom are not cadet officers. We have thus been very grateful to W.O.I. B. Inglis, sergeant-major of a local Commando, for his regular visits to assist in cadet training. Attempts have been made to enrich the training programme though much of our limited time has had to be devoted to learning and perfecting drill movements. In addition, cadets have seen military films, received instruction in first-aid and in field-craft and most of them have fired on the rifle range. When he inspected the detachment in September, Brigadier H.C. Davies commen ted most favourably on the bearing of the cadets; they made an equally good impression in November when they took part in our Remembrance Day parade. The band,lacking a musical instructor, has struggled on and has provided a most important service during ceremonial parades. We understand that two band instructors have been appointed by Natal Command and hope that this will make it possible for our band to reach a standard when it can again take part in the local band competitions. We record our gratitude to Capt. C-E. Jeannot and to Lt C.C. Broster for their contributions to cadet work while they have been on the Kearnsey staff. P.E.M. CADET BAND As a result of the rather "ordinary" standard, the Cadet Band was not entered in the annual Durban and District Cadet Band Competition this year. Next year, we hope to have qualified instructors from "outside", which will no doubt lead to an improvement in all departments of the Band.The present Drum-Major,C.J. Ross, will be succeeded by C. Hopkins. L.P.Z. 58
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