Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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Born in the wild half of the hemisphere, where I enjoyed the tropical seas, beaches, sunlight rising and falling on the horizon. Tanzania was my motherland, although Ethiopia was the source. This was the place where I went diving for coral, hunting the wildlife, and driving wicked automobiles. I find Ashbury somewhat too restrictive, but have hope for changes. In the future, I hope to see more international co-operation world wide, after all we all live in one planet and all need each other. I am hoping to be GEORGE KAI-IAMA Callistus hails from Malaysia, a small multi-racial democratic country in South East Asia. Ashbury College was introduced to Callistos by another member of the Malaysian invasion G. Ding. Life at Ashbury is fun and hectic for Callistos, who is stimulated by the academic challenge and by the sports programmes. Indeed, he has been one the driving forces in this year's tennis teams. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of school life is, understandably, getting up at 7:15 every morning. CALLISTUS LUK IAN IVIACPI-IERSON engaged with international affairs in the days to come. Ian Stuart Macpherson was born in North Bay, Ontario. He came to Ashbury in Grade ll and was impressed by the international flavour of the school. It was Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely ana' exclusively for the use of man. H. Hall. fascinating to get to know the people from diverse cultures ana' to see how they get along so well together. Ian has been an instrumental part of that process serving as a Woollcombe Prefect. He is interested in music, especially Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkle, and more recently Joe Jackson. Other interests include skiing and sailing. Ian hopes to go to the University of Michigan for Business Administration. There's afeeling Iget when I look to the West, and my spirit is cryingfor leaving. - Robert Plant LIZ MANN