Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Peter was born in the sunshine island of Aruba. A polyglot, he speaks English, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, and Papia- mento. He has attended Ashbury for two years and has developed a taste for music, dancing and parties. He plays soccer, softball, tabletennis, and values his travels in foreign countries and the friends he made. Peter plans to go to Boston University to study Computer Science. l'm the person your mother warned you about. . . PETER CHEUNG ELIAS DAJER Simon came to Ashbury in 1980 and hasn't been able to escape since. His feelings about Boarding Life could be described as love-hate relationship. Simon has been inspired by the following sentiment, which he has found in unsavory places: Ifyou can't solve it - run away from it. I was an atheist until I found out I was God. ' The world in flat all the way around. Simon would like to be Rich, very rich. He hopes to follow something in biology at the university level - or perhaps join the British navy. In the long run men hit only at what they aim at. Therefore though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high - Thoreau I Walden! A SIMON DAVERIO CAROLA DE LA GUARDIA all these. . . - Christina Rossetti Elias has become an institution at Ashbury. He has been an avid soccer player and during his final year he served the school as a Woollcombe prefect. These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of there countryg nut he that stands in now, deserves the love and thanks ofmen and women . . . Tom Paine M y heart is like a sing bird! Whose nest is in a watered shoot,'!M y heart is like an apple- tree! Whose boughs a bent with thickest fruit,'!My heart is like a rainbow shell! That paddles in a halycon sea,'!M y heart is gladder than

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WOOLLCOMBE MARIO ACOSTA Dan, after living in Germany, Belgium, Thailand and Africa ' DANIEL ADAM tCamaroonJ, came to Ashbury two years ago. He quickly ad- justed to the college's atmosphere. Dan realized that living in a college as a boarder, the first thing that one starts valuing the most is certainly friendship. He thinks that with good friends around, this place will always remain an excellent souvenir. Dan's high-light at Ashbury was probably trying to break fragile objects with a sling-shot, without being caught! During his two years here, Dan has enjoyed playing Football and kept in shape with weight training. Dan's future lies in the field of Engineering lCarletonJ. PIERRE AUBE Jose was born in Hong Kong and, at the age of 15, moved to Vancouver. He enjoyed his three years at Ashbury, It was fun after all. ' His interest include swimming, volleyball, Alpine skiing, and jogging. He played on the Senior Football team for two years. Jose intends to major in medicine at an American University. He believes that the friendships he has made here will be life-long. I have nothing to regret, what's done is done, I have no excuse. - Rocket Richard. Everyone has only one life, but if you live right, once is enough. JOSE CHENG - I have talked with death And I am a partner unto lU'e. It is sorrow I command, And laughter I disdain. I have walked a thousand sunsets, And I have seen twice a thousand upsets. It is I you fear, for I am near, I am the soldier . . . Dulce est decorum est patria mori. - Horace - Semper Fidelitusf' Pierre first came to Ashbury, and was surprised about the boarding life, because of the change, compared to Sedbergh College, where he used to go. But Pierre adapted very quickly, and found that Ashbury's academic standards were high, compared to where he used to go. During his two years at Ashbury he played Football, which he enjoyed greatly, and also Hockey. Without good music, Pierre believed that life at Ashbury as a boarder would have been much longer. Pierre found that Ashbury had a remarkable staff, with such qualified teachers as M. Pelletier and Mr. Thomas, who aided him greatly. Ashbury was a great experience for him and next year he is planning to attend either Ottawa U. or Concordia, to study Engineering. You get whatyou want, when you gofor it.

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Matthew is from Canada - all of it. His last year at Ashbury has certainly been his best year. He leaves with mixed emotions . . . joy and extreme happiness. R.M.C. next year? Within each of lies the power of our consent to health and to sickness, to riches and to poverty, to freedom and to slaveryg it is we who control these and not another. - Richard Bach Argueforyour limitation, and sure enough, they're yours. MA TTHEWELLIS KEVIN HALL When Bruce first arrived at Ashbury in I983, from Trinidad, he was stimulated by the ideal atmosphere for learning. What stunned me was the ultimate devotion of the teachers of Ashburv, BRUCE HOLDER along with the other staff The l.B. curriculum is what interested me most about Ashbury, but unfortunately, not enough emphasis is placed on I.B., and students can and do have a hard tinte keeping up with the subject matter. A negative attitude from the students is a restricting factor, as 1. B. is not necessary to university entrv. For Bruce Ashbury's strong points have been the Science Department's infinite humour tDoc Hop. etc.1, Mr. Niles' philosophy course, the mixing of international students. A weakness is the class system that tseeminglyl dictates material wealth as a prextext for superiority. Next year, maybe France, Florida, or even Canada for Marine Biology, or Aeronautical Science. Preferably somewhere warm!! l ANNA KAHAMA Offlfe. - Laurence Sterne Kevin arrived in Canada two years ago from Freeport, Grand Bahama, the Bahamas. He came here to continue his high school studies and then to go to a Canadian university. His most cherished memory of Ashbury will be the numerous friends he made, whereas the least valued memory will, un- derstandably, be how cold this country is. Life is but a one time affair, so live it with as much gusto as is humanly possible. I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and the other evils of lyfe, by mirth, being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles, but much more so, when he laughs, that it adds something to this fragment