Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 3 Mr. W. H. J. Weston, B. Sc. of Merchant-Taylors ' School, Crosby, honour graduate of London University and late Mathe- matical and Science Master at The Imperial Services College, Windsor. Mr. Dudley Phillips, B.A. of The High School, Cardiff, and graduate in Classical Honours of the University of Wales. Mr. C. L. Price, B.A. of Malborough College and of Selwyn College Cambridge, late assistant master at Leeds Grammar School. We all regret the departure of Mr. Kei;, who has left us to de- vote himself to Hterary work. We all join in wishing Mr Ker a very happy and successful future. We shall long remember him as a great athlete, a keen scholar and an excellent teacher. The New Infirmary. As was announced by the Headmast er at the Closing last June, it is proposed to raise the money to build a School Infirmary, for which there is very pressing need. A rough estimate by the Archi- tect places the cost of this new building at about $20,000. All pre- sent and past parents, old boys and those interested in the welfare of Ashbury are earnestly asked to contribute. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are blessed with worldly wealth to follow the example of those many others who have helped Ashbury in the past and to make a really handsome donation ; but all sub- scriptions, however small, will be gratefully welcome. We wish, if possible to commence to build the new Infirmary next Spring, so that it will be ready for use when School reopens in September. Donations, or promises of such, should be sent to the Headmaster. On Tuesday, September 18th, our President, Col. Woods paid one of his always welcome visits to us. He gave a short address to the school, speaking especially to the new boys and new masters, and afterwards asked for a half-holiday, which was given that afternoon. The Rev. Harold Chester-Master, M.A., M.C., who was a mas- ter at Ashbury from 1922 to 1925, has been appointed headmaster of Bishops Stortford School, England, where Cecil Rhodes was educated. From 1920 to 1922 he was chaplain of Moorland House School, Cheshire. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1919, for

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2 THE ASHBURIAN SCHOOL NOTES. George Drummond has very kindly given the sum of one hundred dollars to be expended on new books for the Senior Library. The thanks of the School are gratefully tendered to him. It is hoped that his example will act as a spur to other old boys to Go and do likewise . New Class rooms. By the kind generosity of Mrs. W. H. Rowley, two very nice, airy and convenient class rooms have been added to the School. They have been built in the space between the Chapel Wing and the Main Building, and they are proving a most useful and valu- able addition to our equipment. They were built in memory of Mrs. Rowley ' s husband, the late William Horsley Rowley, who was the first President of the Board of Governors of Ashbury. The thanks of the School are most sincerely tendered to Mrs. Rowley for her most generous gift. New Masters. We welcome to the School the three Masters who joined us in September last.

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4 THE ASHBURIAN bravery in helping a stretcher-party to get some wounded to safety. The doctor and the stretcher-bearers were killed, and Captain Chester-Master received five wounds. A tablet to the memory of Reginald May has been placed in the Chapel, and was unveiled by the Headmaster during the clos- ing service for the last school year. The sermon was preached by the Rev. E. F. Salmon, rector of the Cathedral. On Friday, September 21st, Robert Woollcombe Brodie was christened in the School Chapel. The ceremony was performed by the Headmaster, and sponsors were Mrs. H. Cheney, E. C. N. Ed- wards and E. M. Woollcombe. The following boys passed their Matriculation for Arts at McGill :— R. Baldwin K. MacKenzie R. Bowman, Ottawa Valley Scholarship A. Clarke S. Gamble G. Garvock C. Hart J. Lafleur Entered R. M. C. A. Clarke S. Gamble VALETE. Vlth Form. R. Baldwin. Prefect. R. Bowman. Cricket, ' 28. J. Brodie. A Clarke Prefect I.Dewar. ' Prefect. ' Football, ' 27. Cricket, ' 26, ' 27, ' 28. G. Duguid. Soccer, ' 27. Hockey, ' 28. S. Gamble. Football, ' 27. Soccer, ' 27. H. Garland.