Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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-

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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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4 THE ASHBURIAN mers doing field work in Geology including one summer with Mr. Odell of Mt. Everest fame. Besides obtaining high scholastic honours, Wilson played a prominent part in the social and athletic activities at Trinity College. He has been successively Treasurer, Secretary, and President, of the Literary Society, of the Geological Society, and of the Harriers, and was a member of the Students ' Administrative Council. He also debated for his College, his Univer- sity, and for Hart House, and has taken part in amateur dramatics. We wish him success and the best of luck at St. John ' s College, Cambridge, where he takes up his studies this Fall. THE ASHBURY COLLEGE LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY On the proposal of Mr. C. W. Thompson, a society, to be called The Ashbury College Literary and Dramatic Society, was formed on March 8th, 1930, at a meeting of the cast of Juliiis Caesar. At that meeting and at one held on April 7th, the following officers were elected : Honorary President — The Rev. Dr. G. P. Woollcombe. President — Mr. C. W. Thompson. Secretary — R. M. Leathem. Treasurer — Mr. B. K. T. Howis. Committee — D. F. Macorquodale, H. C. Hammond, J. W. H. Rowley. The Society consists of those in the school who were directly connected with the production of Julius Caesar, and it may add to its membership from the Upper School as it sees fit, and elect Honorary and Associate Members. The object of the Society is to promote the interests of the school in drama and in literary knowledge and to provide entertainments. It is hoped that the Society will be able to produce one or two short plays for the school as well as a bigger production. The proceeds from Julius Caesar amounted to $250.19. Part of this has been devoted to buying new chairs for the Senior Library, a framed copy of the programme, and a picture of the cast. The first Honorary Member is Mr. Leslie Chance, who was in charge of the final rehearsals of the play, and there are thirty Foundation Members who will remain permanent members after they leave school.