Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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To dwell in the wide house of the world, to stand in tlte correct seat of the world, and to walk in the great path of the world, when he obtains his desire for office, to prastise his principles for the good of the people, and when that desire is disappointed, to prastise them alone,' to be above the power of riches and honours, not to swerve from principle, nor to use force to ntake bend: - these characteristics constitute the great man. - Mencius Peter came to Ashbury in 1982. He is inspired by Einstein's, The world in is only made up of knowledge but also of imagination. But perhaps Shakespeare too describes the inventor of the fuzzy-wuzzy: My tables, - meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and sntile, and be a villain, At least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark. Ian was born in Deep River, where he had lived, previous to Ashbury, all his life. I was surprised to see how different city lqfe and small town life are. He likes the close student-teacher relationship here. Ian is against students being railroaded into taking the I.B. Ian feels that the school is also good in that it can push students to their limits, and in my case this made me realize where they were. Whoever said life was fair?? is one of lan's favourite quotes. He looks forward to McMaster or Waterloo for electrical engineering. IfI don 't get accepted I'll get an easy, high- paying job at Ontario Hydro as a plant operator. IAN NCTLEY ALBERT PANG Bob the Rvlon Spencer, a graduate of the Junior School, has participated in the schooI's football, hockey, and soccer programmes. His varied high lights throughout his school career have been flying a kite from the roof of an apartment building tin grade 9, with Mike Poulet and Norman Stanburyi. attending the school play on tvvo consecutive evenings and accepting the consequence, redecorating the Alexander House locker room, and, finally, helping Jerry Hubert in grade ll to dravx Bonhommes on Ian Macpherson's face. Losing to Bishop's in football this year, and being evicted from the Jansen's house to accomodate the Girl boarders have been his greatest disappointments. His insistence on order and tidiness has helped his role as Headboy and Captain of Woollcombe House. He leaves with these lines by Robert Frost: I shall be telling this with a sigh!Somewhere ages and ages hence Two road diverged in a wood and If - I took She one less travelled by!A nd that has made all the difference. ROBERT SPENCER PETER SVENNINGSEN