Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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2 THE ASHBURIAN Mr. Van der Byl has resigned his position on the staf¥, as he had to return to England, owing to the grave illness of his mother, who, we all hope, will make a complete recovery. Mr. Hedley Bridge, for many years an able and successful Mathematical master, and who at one time was on the staff of Ashbury, has taken his place for the balance of the term. During the visit to Ottawa of a party of Headmasters of English Public Schools, Ashbury was visited by Mr. H. L. Fisher, Headmaster of Charterhouse, Mr. J. Bell, Headmaster of St. Paul ' s, and Mr. M. L. Jacks, Headmaster of Mill Hill. During the summer vacation many improvements are to be made in the school buildings, and next term every bedroom will have hot and cold water. During the winter months, a Cinematograph performance was given every Saturday evening, and the projector given by Mr. Fauquier proved very efficient. Fensom and Robertson were respon- sible for working the machine. The Lawn Tennis Committee is composed of : — Craig, Rowley 1, Carrique and MacCarthy 1. Three courts have been completely re-surfaced and all are in very good condition. The School Debating Society has not met since Christmas, but IV C has conducted a debate nearly everv week. Among the sub- jects debated was: — ' ' That Vancouver is likely to become a greater city than New York, which brought forth some interesting argu- ments. Many improvements have been effected in the Senior Library this year. A large new bookcase has been added, half-a-dozen oak chairs have been purchased from part of the profits of the Literary and Dramatic Societv, and the walls are gradually being adorned with pictures framed alike. Occupying a conspicuous place are a photograph of the cast of ' ' Julius Caesar as presented at the Little Theatre, and a framed programme signed by Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Viscountess Willingdon. The Library has been completely catalogued, except for refer- ence books, and the new system of registration by number rather than by name has been found much more efficient. Library cases have been supplied for the periodicals. We are indebted to Mrs. W. H. Rowley for a gift of the Seventh Volume of the Cambridge Ancient History, to Mr. A. G. Doughty for two volumes of his Under the Lily and the Rose, to

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Editor Mr. G. Benson Committee Mr. B. K. T. Howis, J. Rowley, D. F. Macorqnodale, A. MacCarthy, J. Magor. Advertising Editor and Treasurer Mr. W. H. Hezvitt, Britannia-on-the-Bay. EDITORIAL In this issue is an account of a reunion and dinner of Old Boys, the first held for some years. We hope that this event is the begin- ning of an unbroken chain of such reunions where the friendships formed here may be revived and the past and present progress of the school discussed, and that the revival of the Old Boys ' Association will help this magazine to obtain a fuller news section. Under the weather-cock of a Cambridge College are the words ' ' Facias Prosperum Iter ' ' the message which the rooster gives to those leaving the college walls for the last time. We have no such symbol here, but in a, perhaps superficially perfunctory good-bye, there is the sincere original sentiment of the word, — God be with you, We will hear with interest always, of the journeys and fortunes of our Old Boys, and with pride, when there comes back to us the verdict, ' ' Prosperum iter fecit. SCHOOL NOTES Confirmation Service Our Annual Confirmation Service was held on Wednesday evening, April 16th, in the School Chapel in the presence of many parents. The altar was beautifully decorated with flowers, the gift of Mrs. W. H. Rowley. The Rite was administered by the Rt. Rev. J. C. Roper, Bishop of Ottawa, who gave an instructive and helpful address. The following boys were confirmed and received their first Communion on Easter Day. George Abel. Robert Stanfield. David Fauquier. James Symington. Donald Keith Kennedy. Charles Victor Vickers. George Malloch.

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THE ASHBURIAN 3 the Headmaster for several books and to many boys who have given reading material to the Library. The Library has also been enlarged by the purchase of about 150 new books. A Draughts Competition was organised by the Junior Library before the Easter Holidays and was won by Ghent who beat Fer- guson 11 in the final. Another competition for the Junior Library is now in progress. Prizes are to be given to the juniors taking the best and second best photographs between April 2()th and May 20th. The badminton tournament w as won by Henderson, who beat Schlemm in the final. Honour has been brought to the school by the award of a Massey Scholarship to J. T. Wilson who was at Ashbury from 1919 to 1925. The Massey Scholarships are similar in nature to the Rhodes Scholarships, but are open only to Canadians, and are tenable at Cambridge University. While at Ashbury Jock Wilson won four first form prizes, one second, and the Governor General ' s Medal, and was on the Inter- mediate Football Team. He took his Honours Matriculation in 1926 and proceeded to Trinity College, Toronto. He took First Class Honours at the end of his first year in Mathematics and Physics and graduated this year in Geophysics. He has spent several sum-