Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 3 Mr. Price, who joined us last September, was forced to re- turn to England in December owing to ill health. We welcome to the staff, Mr. B. K. Howis. Mr. Ho wis has had considerable teaching experience and is a keen cricketer. He was for twelve years on the staff of Portsmouth Grammar School, England. He served in the Royal Air Force during the war. AVe congratulate Mr. Whitfield on the birth of a son. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Grant have presented a handsome cup to the school which is to be awarded to the boxer who in the opinion of the judges at the annual tournament gives the best exhibition of ring craft. In the place of the annual dance, a concert was given in the gvmnasium on December 19th. We thank Mr. Birch heartily for arranging for us a most enjoyable evening. We take this opportunity of thanking those gentlemen who so kindly gave lectures to us on Saturday evenings. The names of the lecturers and of the subjects on which they spoke are : — November 19th — Dr. Ross, Some Aspects of Modern Poetry. December 8th — Prof. Prince. Wonders of Deep Sea Life. December 15th — Major McKeard, ' ' The 1928 cruise of the Government Supply Ship to the Arctic. February 9th — Dr. Ami, Life on Our Planet. February 11th — Mr. F. D. Jacob, Graphology. February 23rd — Commander Beard, A Talk on the Navy. March 9th— Rev. G. E. Ross, British Guiana. March 16th — Col. Orde, Mesopotamia and the Relief of Kut- el-Amara. Col. Orde and Commander Beard are old Ashburians. On Monday, March 25th V. Beta visited the plant of the E. B. Eddy Co., Hull. We thank the Eddy Co. for giving us this oppor- tunity of seeing how paper is made. On the following day the Upper Vth. and V. B. were conducted over the works. On April 6th a large number of the Senior School went to a lecture at the Little Theatre on The Old Map of Europe and the New, by Sir Charles Grant Robertson, Principal of Birmingham l niversity, England.

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2 THE ASHBURIAN Our Annual Confirmation Service was held in the Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 22nd. As usual the service was a most impressive one, and the Bishop gave a most helpful and prac- tical address to the candidates. The newly confirmed boys made their First Communion at the early service on Sunday, May 26th. The following boys were confirmed : — John Bassett, ■ Charles Gray, David Mathias, John Magor, Robert M. Powell, Leonard Schler m, Fred Sherwood, Forbes Wilson, George Wodehouse. The Headmaster paid a hurried visit to England during the Faster Holidays. He returned to Ashbury on May 6th. During his absence the school was in charge of Mr. H. F. Wright.

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4 THE ASHBURIAN On the suggestion of J. VV. Ritchie a register has been placed in the Headmaster ' s study which it is hoped all Old Boys will sign when they visit the School. Those who have already entered tlieir names in the book and the years during which they were at Ashbury are : — ■ J. Roberts Allen (1903-07), T. G. Ritchie (1918-23). L. G. Clarke (1917-24), R. J. Orde (1902-09). C. G. Wood (1911-15), L. B. Carling (1908-15). R. S. Morris (1911-15), H. H. Higgins (1923-25). T. G. Mayburry (1922-26), J, Y. Stanfield (1922-26). J. K. Graham (1922-28). H. C. Garland (1924-28), E. J. Carsley. C. W. Whitcher (1901-04, F. Cowans (1923-27). J. Lafleur (1925-28), I. C. Morgan. G. P. Thompson (1891-94). Lord Charles Cavendish (1917-18) has also revisited the school. Mr. Ker visited the school in May, on his way from Vancouver to England. His address for the summer is 8 Montgomerie Crescent, Glasgow, and he hopes that none ot his Ashbury friends visiting the British Isles will neglect to write to him to arrange a meeting if possible. The tennis committee this year is composed of : Scott, Stan- field, Forbes and Ewart. There were over thirty entries for the Badminton Tournament this year, Bonnar beat Henderson in the final round. The Proposed New Infirmary. It was announced in our last issue that one of the most pressing of the present needs of the School was an Infirmary where sick boys could be properly housed and, if need be, isolated. In most of the other larger Boarding Schools of Canada there is such an Infirmary, separate from the main buildings, and well equipped with all the many necessities and conveniences that sickness demands. In the majority of cases these Infirmaries have been given to the Schools either by private individuals or by donations to a special fund. We had hoped that of the Twenty-five Thousand Dollars re- quired for a suitable building at Ashbury enough would have been donated to enable us to commence operations early this Summer,