Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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12 THE ASHBURIAN Every boy is weighed at the beginning and end of each term. and in some cases a weekly record is kept. This year the average gain was over seven pounds per boy. and in only two instances was there any loss of weight. This fact alone speaks well for the health of the School, and also proves that whatever else Ashbury may do. she does not stint her boys in food. I should like to thank our Lady Dietitian for the excellent way she has catered for us and has managed the domestic side of the school. I may state that all boys in the School. unless prohibited by Medical reasons, are required to join in the various Sports. Games are not regarded as of supreme importance. but we recognize their great value. both as promoters of physical good health and as a means for boys to acquire those valuable lessons that in- evitably are received from Team games. Tennis and Badminton are also played in their Season and many of the boys are expert players. The success in Sports this year has been greatly helped by the untiring energy and able supervision of our popular Sports Master. Mr. F. E. B. Whitfield and of those other Masters who have so kindly assisted us. I wish to take this opportunity of sincerely thanking the Staff for the excellent work they have accomplished and for the deep and practical interest they have taken in all the various activities of the School. Much of the suc- cess that the School has attained during the past year is due to their influence and to their whole hearted and loyal cooperation. I am glad to announce that all the members of the present staff will be returning next School year. I should like also to thank the Prefects for the good work done and for the help they have given in the management and discipline of the School. I am glad to report that the tone and general spirit of the School have been more than maintained during the year and that the general conduct and discip- line of the boys have been excellent. The Old Boys' Association continues to flourish and to grow. The Annual Meeting and Dinner was held in Montreal last month and was a most successful gathering. The President of this year is Mr. J. C. Campbell. a brilliant young I-awyer. who won the highest honours in his Law Course and who is present with us today. and the Executive Committee consists of: President-A. J. Campbell Vice-Pres.-Ci. Keith Henderson Sec.-Treas.-C. J. G. Molson Committee-W. H. Wilson J. Stephen Oppe F. D. Macorquodale E. K. Davidson. I hope all boys leaving this year will make a point of joining the Old Boys' Association. This morning we held our Annual Meeting of the Founders and the Gover- nors of Ashbury and the following were unanimously reelected as Governors for the coming year: II. l'. Cowans. Esq.. Montreal. Norman J. Dawes. Ilsq.. Montreal Alfred Ii. Ilvans. Ifsq.. Montreal Cl Ii. Ifauquicr. Iisq.. Ottawa NI R Iwrguson. Iisq.. Montreal l A. llenev. lisq.. Ottawa 'Ihr llon. lp I5 McCQurdv. llalifax Ii ll NlcNlastt-r. lisq.. N-'lontreal Dr. D. XV. MacKenzie. Montreal Ii. Newcombe. Esq.. Ottawa Mrs. NN. H. Rowley. Ottawa H. S. Southam. Esq.. Ottawa. James XX'ilson. Esq.. Montreal Norman VJilson. Esq.. Ottawa. Rev. G. P. Woollcombe. Ottawa

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THE .-1SHBC'RIf1.V ll As a proof that boys leave Ashbury well grounded and with a firm founda- tion, I may mention that in the laterly published results from McGill a number of Old Ashbury boys appear as having won distinction. In the final year of Civil Engineering. Carleton Craig headed the list and was the winner of the British Association Medal. He won honours in Civil Engineering and also the Departmental Prize for the best Summer Essay. In this same list Graham Gar- vock was placed fourth and Samuel Gamble fifth. In Law, Ross McMaster graduated with 2nd Class Honours. In the list of first year Law Students, George Challies was ranked Hrst. winning the Lieut. Governor's Medal for the highest standing in obligations and lst Class Honours. W. R. Eakin obtained 2nd Class Honours and a lst Class in Constitutional Law. in Civil Procedure and also in Roman Law. In the final year of the School of Commerce, Gordon Forbes graduated with a high percentage and Kenneth MacKenzie obtained his degree of Bachelor of Arts with distinction. John Gamble. who graduated in Commerce last year, has just passed his final examination for a Chartered Accountant. and this, as some of you know. is a very stiff examination. At Queens, where there are a number of Ashbury Old Boys, Scarth Mac- donnell obtained four nrsts out of five subjects. E. Sherwood. who has just finished his second year there obtained a First Class in English. and a second in Biology and French. Neville Spence. First year in Science. obtained a first class in eight subjects. a second in three, and a third in the remaining one. R. Southam, First year Arts. obtained First and Second Classes in all subjects. L. Thomas, First year Arts. Three Firsts. six Seconds and three Thirds. All the Ashbury boys at Queens have been successful in passing their respective years, At Dalhousie: N. Gillies and John Rowley have both done remarkably well and have brought credit to their Old School. At R.M.C.: J. S. Irvin has iust graduated and been appointed to a Com- mission in the Royal Air Force. I might mention many other cases. but these will be sufficient to prove that Ashbury does give a very sound elementary education and the boys who each year go to the higher Institutions or into business life. in practically all cases. do exceedingly well. I am very pleased to be able to report that the work in the .Iunior School this year has been exceptionally good and that very marked progress has been made. The Junior School. as a separate department of Ashbury. was inaugurated two years ago. lt has proved a complete success. and this is very largelv due to the ability and hard work of its Headmaster. Mr. VJ. H. Brodie. Parents who have young boys can send them to our Junior School with the greatest confid- ence, and they will find that their boys will be thoroughly taught. and at the same time be very happy in their School life. The Health of the School during the past year has been exceptionally good. Apart from one case of Scarlet Fever which was treated at the Civic Isolation Hospital. and one case of Measles. we have had no infectious diseases. and the ordinary physical afiiictions that from time to time are necessarily present in every resident School, have been remarkably few and below the average of other years.

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THE .-ISHBCRIAN 13 Mr. G. E. Fauquier was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board of Governors and President of Ashbury. Ashbury is indeed fortunate in having a Board composed of such promin- ent and influential persons. and I should like to publicly thank them all for the keen interest they take in the general welfare of the School and for the sound advice and generous assistance they have given me in its administration. I would like to express the sincere appreciation of myself and of the Board of Governors for the great and practical kindness during many years of Ashbury's past history of Mr. J. B. Fraser. Had it not been for Mr. Fraser's most generous assistance these present School buildings could not have been built: and not only in the original construction of its buildings, but in many another practi- cal manner. Mr. Fraser has proved himself a very real supporter and a true friend of Ashbury College. I should like also to say how much we owe to the generosity of Mrs. W. H. Rowley, the late Colonel J. XV. Woods and to all the many other sup- porters. who from time to time since the foundation of the School have so generously helped us both financially and in many other ways. I want to take this opportunity of stating how much the School and I myself personally owe to my wife. who has been a tower of strength to me dur- ing the last thirty-three years. For nearly twenty years she acted as honorary Housekeeper and managed with great efficiency the domestic side of the School. -and her always wise counsel and her unseliish devotion to the interests of the boys have contributed in no small measure to the success that Ashbury has attained. As is generally known, this is the last Closing at which I shall have the privilege of being with you as Headmaster. It is now almost forty-two years since I founded the School. which is therefore in a very special sense my child . I have watched it grow. often- times amid great difficulties. from a very small beginning into the important Educational Institution that it is to-day. Hundreds of boys have passed through my hands. and I am thankful and proud to state that the very great majority of them have developed into good and useful citizens of our Empire. This fact alone is more than a compensation for the many years I have devoted to my work. As I look back over the past. I am only too conscious that I have made many a mistake and in the words so well known to us I have left undone the things that I ought to have done . but I can honestly say that I have tried to help and to develop along right lines every boy whom I have been privileged to have in my care: and I think I can venture to say that in the great majority of cases the boys themselves have realized and appreciated my efforts for their wel- fare. It is necessarily a great and severe wrench for me to relinquish my post here and to say good-bye to Ashbury, but I have decided that it is best for me to do so. As you know. I had a very serious illness last XVinter. and my Medi- cal Advisers have strongly urged me to lead a life that does not carry with it the constant and heavy responsibilities that are necessarily attached to the work of a Headmaster of a Resident School. I expect in the near future to take up Parish work either in England or in Canada. Vfherever I may be. Ashbury will always have the first place in my affections. It is. however. a great consolation and comfort for me to know that I am leaving my work to be continued by one in whom l have every possible con- fidence. and who will. I feel sure. administer the affairs of the School in an able and successful manner. The new Headmaster. Mr. XVright. is known to most of you. if not personally. at any rate by reputation: and. as you get to know him