Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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8 THE ASHBURIAN Loyola College, Montreal West High School, Graduation Class took blocks of tickets, and the financial success of the venture was assured before the doors opened on the evening to the general public. SOCCER The return match with St. Alban ' s was played at Ashbury on Saturday, November the 10th, and ended in a win for Ashbury by 2 goals to 1. It was a fast game with plenty of good combination and exciting incidents. St. Alban ' s won the toss, so Ashbury kicked ofif against a diagonal wind. For the first few minutes play was confined to the centre of the field. Both forward lines were playing well but the halves and backs checked and cleared consistently. A number of corners were taken at both ends and the goal keepers had chances of showing their brilliancy. Ashbury were heavier and showed more enterprise and as a result opened the scoring when Fauquier took a pass from Smellie after a movement iniated by MacBrien and Calder and raced right in on Greene to give him no chance to save. Half Time Ashbury 1 St. Alban ' s 0. St. Alban ' s fought hard for the equaliser but their shooting was erratic. Ritchie relieved one rush with a nice kick and some smart passing between Robinson, Smellie and MacBrien led to Fauquier scoring his second goal. St. Alban ' s came back strongly and after a good combined rush Thom took a pass from Hutton and gave Grant no chance to save. This finished the scoring though both teams continued to play offensive football right up to the final whistle. We were only able to play the two school games with St. Alban ' s. Fauquier captained the team well and was always danger- ous in front of goal. Smellie and MacBrien combined unselfishly and were always up and also ready to help halves when they were pressed. Calder ' s dribbling was good and his centring very accurate. Robinson, Elwood and Beardmore fed their forwards well and were always working. Grant was himself, cool, confident and often bril- liant, while the backs though they gave us some bad moments by miss-kicking worked tirelessly and never gave up worrying their opponents or doing their best in a position in which they had not had much practice. Hammond knows how to play his position and should be very useful next year. -J. R. P.

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THE ASHBURIAN 7 As many visitors from Montreal who saw the production at the Little Theatre hoped that we would be able to repeat it in Mon- treal, a second performance was given at the Trinity Memorial Hall, Westmount on Monday, March 24th. The criticism given by the Dramatic Critic of the Montreal Daily Star was as follows : — On the Thames ' South Bank true and well-tried actors (Ashbury College students), played Mr. William Shakespeare ' s tragedy ' Julius Caesar ' on the stage of the Fortune (Trinity Memorial Hall) . At the sounding of a trumpet the arras was drawn and these players did commence to act this tragedy of the noble Caesar. Montreal has not seen an amateur troupe produce an early English drama in the fashion of the period for a long time, and the effort these students put forth to adhere to the various seventeenth-century stage customs was very laudable. Here were the black drapes indicative of tragedy; the black and white flags denoting night and day respectively; the arras and traverses, the cloth wings and the inner stage. Only the lighting was carried out in the modern manner As though to assist the boys in obtaining the desired atmosphere the audience meandered in after the start of the play, roamed about, finally to settle down, — much as the rowdies did in the seventeenth-century pit The excursions and alarums, the crowds, the appropriate props, the correct costuming, all were as far as possible accurate; and the handling of the required mobs was most creditable in view of the available stage space. It would be unfair to distinguish between the thirty-six performers as the majority managed their speeches very capably. Even those boys who did Calpurnia and Portia after Elizabethan convention were thoroughly effective. Enunciation was, in all cases, sharp and clear, and the lines were delivered naturally and avoided the declamatory tendency. Some of the boys were wont not to make the best of some of the more important speeches; they found difficulty in disposing of their hands; and they were at times anxious to force the point. The main performance, however, overshadowed all these shortcomings, nor need they feel it necessary to ' buy men ' s voices to commend our deeds. ' The Success of the Montreal venture was in a large measure due to the very kind help given by our Montreal friends. Due to early Easter holidays, less than a week was available for making all arrangements ; yet within that time we had secured a suitable hall ; distributed tickets; and made our coming visit widely known. Arrangements were made through the kindness of Canon Almond and the Officials of Trinity Memorial Church for the use of their hall, and every possible help and accommodation given us. Mrs. D. Forbes Angus was active in our interests ; the Montreal Press did everything possible to ensure success by advance notices and good positions for our advertisements; Montreal Old Boys co-operated energetically; Messrs. C W. Lindsay not only gave us free use of their store for the sale of tickets, but allowed us prominent display space in their show-window. The campaign for the sale of tickets both in the store and city was in the hands of Mrs. Claude Thompson. Trafalgar Institute, Miss Edgar ' s School,

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THE ASHBURIAN 9 Colonics: B. Gilmour. L. Bates. E. Beardmore. H. A. Fauquier. R. Craig. P. B. Smellie. T. Bates. F. Coristine. The Hockey Season was somewhat marred by injuries. Fau- quier, SmelHe, Elwood and Craig were all out of the game for long periods owing to injuries received while playing; on account of this and some sickness in Ottawa, we were able to play only one match against Ottawa University and none against local Collegiates. This left what was undoubtedly as good a team as we have had in the past, very short of match practice. Upper Canada did not come to Ottawa this year as they went West and we were unable to make a trip to Toronto. We had a new fixture, which provided a very enjoyable and interesting experience, a match with Clarkson College, Potsdam, N.Y. An account of the game will be found elsewhere. Clarkson were so pleased with the game that they already arranged a fixture for January 23rd, 1931. In Montreal we drew with Lower Canada and Bishop ' s College School, matches which we should have won. Lower Canada very unfortunately were unable to play the usual return match in Ottawa. We wound up the season by defeating Westmount High School at the Auditorium 2 — 0. Westmount High School won the Inter- Scholastic League of Montreal and this was the only game which they lost during a long season. Several faces will be missing from the Ashbury line up next year. Gilmour who has kept goal since 1926 and has captained the team for the last two years ; L. Bates, a spare in ' 27 and a big asset both in defence and attack in ' 28, ' 29, ' 30; Adam Fauquier who has scored a number of very opportune goals at critical periods in the past three seasons ; R. Craig who has played equally efficiently and hard both as a forward and a defence for the past three years