Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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2 THE ASHBURIAN We hope we have explained Don Quixote ' s remark to your satisfaction. May we conclude by wishing you all — Parents, Old Boys, Friends and Ashburians — a very cheery .Christmas and Good Health and Happiness, together with new Ambitions and Resolu- tions determinedly carried out in 1931. SCHOOL NOTES BIRTHS. Our heartiest congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Benson on the birth of a son ; also to Mr. and Mrs. Henry King on the birth of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Bermingham-Tremain — Norah Patricia to Kenneth Hadley Tremain on Saturday, September 20, 1930, at Kingston, Ontario. Panet-Carruthers — On September 6, 1930, Elizabeth Burpee to Capt. de Lotbiniere H. M. Panet. On June 12th, in Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, by the Very Rev. Dean Carlisle — Andree Camille Celine Derome to Dudley W. Phillips, B.A., formerly Fellow in the University of Chicago. Mr. Myers ofhciated as Best Man. There were present at the wed- ding the Parents and Friends of the Bride ; also Mrs. Whitfield, Mrs. Moffat and Mr. Gordon Moffat, Mr. Howis, Mr. Weston and Mr. Philip Scott . After the reception, the happy couple left for Paris, via the White Star Liner Megantic. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are now in Palestine, where the former is engaged in excavating the prehistoric site of Megiddo, which is so well-known from the Bible, as being one of the chariot cities of Solomon. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Phillips all happiness and prosperity. On November 8th in Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, by the Reverend G. P. Woollcombe, Father of the bridegroom, assisted by the Reverend Canon Jefferson and the Reverend E. F. Salmon, Lillian Althea Baker to Edward Mickle Woollcombe. After the reception, held at the Bride ' s home, the happy pair left for Mon- treal en route for New York and Bermuda, where the honeymoon was spent. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woollcombe all health, happiness and prosperity.

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Eht AsMntrtan Editor Mr. B. K. T. Howis Committee . Rowley, A. MacCarthy, J. Mag or, H. Hammond Advertising Editor and Treasurer Mr. H. W. Hewitt 19 Aylmer Ave., Ottawa. EDITORIAL. Soff and fair, gentlemen; never look for birds of this ear in the nests of the last. — Don Quixote. The above may be somewhat cryptic. May we explain? Life, and all that it concerns is ever changing; and without variety, which is the spice of Life, the World would indeed be a dull place. Change, then, is our theme. There were rumours at the close of last Term that Things will be different next Term, Few of us, we think, were prepared for the vast changes and improvements which had been effected during the long Vac , We opened the main door, blinked and looked again. We saw that the corridor had been extended to the Junior Library, and that the former D and E room had now become two distinct classrooms — and w hat a boon this change has proved to be ! On all sides we saw a restful colour-scheme of slate-grey and white, both up and down stairs. The Dining Hall had been made more attractive than ever and rubber silencers had been placed on all the chair-legs. In the Kitchen, three new ranges and a thermostat heater had been installed. A miracle was wrought in the sacred portals of the Common Room. One would like to call it a Lounge, but the word does not rhyme with Schoolmaster ! And so to the changes in the Staff. Alas ! that these chang-es have to be ; but we would point out here that, with the exception of Mr, Benson, no change was made in the actual Matriculation staff. We had to say Good- bye to him, also to Mr. Myers and Mr. Pattisson, with very deep regret. Mention has been made of each elsewhere, and also of their successors. Mrs. Thompson is now looking after the inner man , and the commissariat is even better now than it has ever been, which is saying a very great deal. She has already earned our gratitude for her care of us. It was chiefly due to her that we celebrated All-Hallow E ' en for the first time for many years. Mr. Thompson is our new House Master, and one always feels that he has some new change up his sleeve. He, too, deserves our heartiest thanks for all he has done, and is doing for Ashbury.

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THE ASHBURIAN 3 DEATHS. I We beg to offer our sincere sympathy to Philip and I Henry Scott on the death of their Father on Aug. 26th ; also I to H. C. Hammond, whose father died on August 11th. I It is with wsy deep regret that we record the death of I Mr. F. L. Wanklyn, a Governor of Ashbury for many I years, and the Father of David Wanklyn, who was here I from September, 1915, until June, 1918. I Mr. Wanklyn was a most devoted friend of Ashbury I and always took a very practical interest in its welfare. I His sudden passing is a great loss to us, and w ' e extend I our sincerest sympathies to his bereaved family. I Eliot — In India, on September 15, 1930, Capt. John I Hamilton Eliot, 3rd Hussars, eldest son of the late Col. C. A. I Eliot, of Ottawa. The following Old Boys have visited the school this Term — J. S. Oppe, J. B. Morgan, Adam Fauquier, Gordon Southam, Murray Turner, W. Pugsley, Wilbur Hart, Percy Cowans, A. Angus, D. Mathias, Jack Ewart, H. Fensom, Philip Scott, Jack Cameron, A. M. Clarke, J. I. Lafleur, J. W. Ritchie, Frank Humph- reys, J. Fergus Grant, Allan G. Gill, John Guthrie. Mr. W. H. J. Weston is a shining light in English Rugby cir- cles at Montreal and was chosen to represent the Province of Que- bec against Ontario. We are indebted to Mrs. W. H. Rowley for supplying the Chapel at Easter with a number of beautiful lilies, and we take this opportunity of thanking her, not only for her Easter gift, but for those other most valuable donations which she has from time to time made to Ashbury. PRIZE FOR CLASSICS We are indebted to Mrs. Forbes Angus, who has kindly do- nated a Special Prize to be awarded each year to the boy in the Upper or Lower Sixth who obtains the highest marks in French. The Prize is to be known as The Forbes-Angus Prize for French. Mr. Brodie, Mr. Meiklejohn and Mr. Howis had the privilege of taking part in The Devil ' s Disciple by G. B. Shaw, which was the first annual production of the Ottawa Drama League, at the Little Theatre. Their respective parts were : — General Burgoyne, Major Swindon, and Brudenell, the Chaplain.